diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "modules/swift"]
+	path = modules/swift
+	url = git://github.com/openstack/swift.git
diff --git a/modules/swift b/modules/swift
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+Subproject commit 95bcd7180c546f91414c2493d343fe1a4ae3ce44