diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "insomnia-submodule"]
+	path = insomnia-submodule
+	url = https://github.com/Kong/insomnia-submodule.git
diff --git a/insomnia-submodule b/insomnia-submodule
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+++ b/insomnia-submodule
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit aeabb6cf98a4c172341abc44e6069c8f8e9621cf
diff --git a/testSub.txt b/testSub.txt
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+assd