diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 000000000..52ceb02c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+appearance/mesh/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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-[submodule "appearance/mesh"]
-	path = appearance/mesh
-	url = https://github.com/SWG-Source/mesh.git
diff --git a/appearance/mesh b/appearance/mesh
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-Subproject commit ed79fa43e092e2d121548f232fde5eff1d0c56b6