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-[submodule "sta-core"]
-	path = sta-core
-	url = https://gitlab.com/sta-git/alpaka/sta-core
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-{
-    "configurations": [
-        {
-            "name": "Mac",
-            "includePath": [
-                "${workspaceFolder}/**",
-                "${workspaceFolder}/sta-core/include"
-            ],
-            "defines": [],
-            "macFrameworkPath": [
-                "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks"
-            ],
-            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/clang",
-            "cStandard": "c11",
-            "cppStandard": "c++11",
-            "intelliSenseMode": "macos-clang-arm64"
-        }
-    ],
-    "version": 4
-}
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