diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "deps/lua-5.1"]
+	path = deps/lua-5.1
+	url = https://github.com/lua/lua
diff --git a/deps/lua-5.1 b/deps/lua-5.1
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+Subproject commit f7439112a5469078ac4f444106242cf1c1d3fe8a