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+[submodule "nodes/machineGroupController"]
+	path = nodes/machineGroupController
+	url = https://gitea.centraal.wbd-rd.nl/RnD/machineGroupController.git
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+Subproject commit 5856a739cb80b4803cce20ead9ef3a333e16bcfe