diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "vim-files/vim-pathogen"]
+	path = vim-files/vim-pathogen
+	url = https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen.git
diff --git a/vim-files/vim-pathogen b/vim-files/vim-pathogen
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1270dce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim-files/vim-pathogen
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1270dceb1fe0ca35f8b292c7b41b45b42c5a0cc1