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+[submodule "caosdb-webui"]
+	path = caosdb-webui
+	url = ../caosdb-webui/
+	branch = dev
diff --git a/caosdb-webui b/caosdb-webui
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+Subproject commit 7df3c8cdf945e5b98df8b04a084fabbdaf058946