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+[submodule "conf/apps/appdir_test"]
+	path = conf/apps/appdir_test
+	url = https://github.com/AppDaemon/appdir_test
diff --git a/conf/apps/appdir_test b/conf/apps/appdir_test
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+Subproject commit fd234a618809f306b3a14911b67cebc94734a16c