diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f613bbc02ac318f78c41563cdeb4a82f280ba0ef
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+[submodule "msvc-deps/curl"]
+	path = msvc-deps/curl
+	url = https://github.com/bagder/curl.git