diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29..d13036b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "projects"]
+	path = projects
+	url = http://sync.virgis.co.uk/ViRGiS/projects.git
+[submodule "test_data"]
+	path = test_data
+	url = http://sync.virgis.co.uk/ViRGiS/data.git
diff --git a/projects b/projects
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..89dedd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 89dedd92419fdbef3493a3a13d69f7f9473e45df
diff --git a/test_data b/test_data
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..fbe3fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_data
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fbe3fb889238dad68a29a56ef4eaec109c1ebf37