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+[submodule "src/BME68x-Sensor-API"]
+	path = src/BME68x-Sensor-API
+	url = https://github.com/BoschSensortec/BME68x-Sensor-API.git
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+Subproject commit e104fe56e58dfdf4d827f1344587dba7cf45bb01