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 ## adding fabric
 
-`git add submodule git@bitbucket.org:ronnyabraham/fabric.git fabric`
+`git submodule add git@bitbucket.org:ronnyabraham/fabric.git fabric`
 
 the second "fabric" puts the submogule in a directory called 'fabric"