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-[submodule "scripts/resin"]
-	path = scripts/resin
-	url = https://github.com/balena-io/scripts.git
-	branch = master
diff --git a/scripts/resin b/scripts/resin
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-Subproject commit 481cacb7f1533985507c84f28940cada0fb109e5