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+# The fork lives as its own git repo with its own origin
+# (marfrit/libva-v4l2-request-fourier on git.reauktion.de). It's a
+# sibling repo nested inside the campaign tree for working-directory
+# convenience, not a submodule. Hide it from the campaign's git so
+# `git status` here only shows campaign-level findings.
+libva-v4l2-request-fourier/