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diff --git a/gitrepository-layout.html b/gitrepository-layout.html index 1fe37233d..c387997d7 100644 --- a/gitrepository-layout.html +++ b/gitrepository-layout.html @@ -772,7 +772,9 @@ a <code><project>.git</code> directory that is a <em>bare</em> repository </ul></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p><strong>Note</strong>: Also you can have a plain text file <code>.git</code> at the root of
your working tree, containing <code>gitdir: <path></code> to point at the real
-directory that has the repository. This mechanism is often used for
+directory that has the repository.
+This mechanism is called a <em>gitfile</em> and is usually managed via the
+<code>git submodule</code> and <code>git worktree</code> commands. It is often used for
a working tree of a submodule checkout, to allow you in the
containing superproject to <code>git checkout</code> a branch that does not
have the submodule. The <code>checkout</code> has to remove the entire
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- 2020-03-10 15:02:33 PDT
+ 2023-12-20 13:32:13 PST
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