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+[submodule "rawgraphs-charts"]
+	path = rawgraphs-charts
+	url = https://github.com/zimmerman-team/rawgraphs-charts.git
diff --git a/rawgraphs-charts b/rawgraphs-charts
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+Subproject commit 4fb9ebeb8b0115ba1f7bbd7a42defe56a359cb17
diff --git a/scripts/setup-codespace.sh b/scripts/setup-codespace.sh
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+
+# setup @rawgraphs/rawgraphs-charts submodule
+git submodule init
+git submodule update
+cd rawgraphs-charts
+yarn install
+yarn build
+yarn link
+cd ..
+
+# install dependencies
+yarn link "@rawgraphs/rawgraphs-charts"
+yarn install
+
+# run the app
+yarn start
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