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+[submodule "testing"]
+	path = arrow-testing
+	url = https://github.com/apache/arrow-testing
+[submodule "parquet-testing"]
+	path = parquet-testing
+	url = https://github.com/apache/parquet-testing.git
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+Subproject commit b658b087767b041b2081766814655b4dd5a9a439
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+Subproject commit 8e7badc6a3817a02e06d17b5d8ab6b6dc356e890