diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "rust-rocksdb"]
+	path = rust-rocksdb
+	url = https://github.com/rust-rocksdb/rust-rocksdb.git
diff --git a/rust-rocksdb b/rust-rocksdb
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index 0000000..dc9a000
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+Subproject commit dc9a0002cc76b25ab56d322e7b7a84556f772db7