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authorMichael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>2015-07-20 01:29:21 -0400
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2015-07-20 11:07:18 -0700
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Documentation/git-worktree: wordsmith worktree-related manpages
[es: reword .git/worktrees and .git/worktrees/<id>/locked descriptions] Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -251,25 +251,25 @@ modules::
Contains the git-repositories of the submodules.
worktrees::
- Contains working tree specific information of linked
+ Contains administrative data for linked
working trees. Each subdirectory contains the working tree-related
part of a linked working tree. This directory is ignored if
- $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees" will be
- used instead.
+ $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set, in which case
+ "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees" will be used instead.
worktrees/<id>/gitdir::
A text file containing the absolute path back to the .git file
that points to here. This is used to check if the linked
repository has been manually removed and there is no need to
- keep this directory any more. mtime of this file should be
+ keep this directory any more. The mtime of this file should be
updated every time the linked repository is accessed.
worktrees/<id>/locked::
If this file exists, the linked working tree may be on a
- portable device and not available. It does not mean that the
- linked working tree is gone and `worktrees/<id>` could be
- removed. The file's content contains a reason string on why
- the repository is locked.
+ portable device and not available. The presence of this file
+ prevents `worktrees/<id>` from being pruned either automatically
+ or manually by `git worktree prune`. The file may contain a string
+ explaining why the repository is locked.
worktrees/<id>/link::
If this file exists, it is a hard link to the linked .git