diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vendor/github.com/influxdata/influxdb"]
+	path = vendor/github.com/influxdata/influxdb
+	url = https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb.git
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/influxdata/influxdb b/vendor/github.com/influxdata/influxdb
new file mode 160000
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--- /dev/null
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+Subproject commit 74aa2aa9ae830cd11b8e975e85bb60e61d8d1f21