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+[submodule "mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0"]
+	path = mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0
+	url = git@github.com:mavlink/c_library.git
diff --git a/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0 b/mavlink/include/mavlink/v1.0
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+Subproject commit 45a71d6564bc5c47ed97d620089e17ca48bab73f