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+[submodule "plugins/syntax-highlighting"]
+	path = plugins/syntax-highlighting
+	url = https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
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+Subproject commit 41e84a0d9f05ceb2409214a6fb00db7494e5c606