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+# Linguist overrides for vendored code
+submodules/AsyncDisplayKit/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/ffmpeg/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/HockeySDK-iOS/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/libphonenumber/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/libtgvoip/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/lottie-ios/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/Opus/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/OpusBinding/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/rlottie/rlottie/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/sqlcipher/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/Stripe/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/ton/tonlib-src/* linguist-vendored
+submodules/webp/include/* linguist-vendored
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