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-[submodule "pycmake"]
-    path = python/pycmake
-    url = git://github.com/equinor/pycmake.git
-    branch = 21f1eb9
-[submodule "pybind11"]
-    path = python/pybind11
-    url = git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
-    branch = add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab
diff --git a/python/pybind11 b/python/pybind11
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-Subproject commit add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab
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