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diff --git a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt index 8e333dde1b..dcee09b500 100644 --- a/Documentation/gitmodules.txt +++ b/Documentation/gitmodules.txt @@ -98,6 +98,14 @@ submodule.<name>.shallow:: shallow clone (with a history depth of 1) unless the user explicitly asks for a non-shallow clone. +NOTES +----- + +Git does not allow the `.gitmodules` file within a working tree to be a +symbolic link, and will refuse to check out such a tree entry. This +keeps behavior consistent when the file is accessed from the index or a +tree versus from the filesystem, and helps Git reliably enforce security +checks of the file contents. EXAMPLES -------- |