diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..af03a25cc83f79b77642cbfb2a281c18b65dee3b
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+[submodule "scripts"]
+	path = scripts
+	url = https://github.com/biowdl/scripts.git
diff --git a/scripts b/scripts
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+Subproject commit 56ee74167ba8e6326a923f6f25bfd2d39847ecdb