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+[submodule "plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
+	path = plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+	url = https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting
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+Subproject commit bb0d575942760fe483790fe878ea43b1f781e2ca