diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "pkg"]
+	path = pkg
+	url = http://github.com/diaspora/diaspora-packages.git
diff --git a/pkg b/pkg
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+Subproject commit 9d3991fb6ce61f60fe5df9556426adc371fe7b21