diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
+	path = custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
+	url = git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
diff --git a/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting b/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
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+Subproject commit 5320f1e18d5782e29a6637937e37a3aecf9327bb