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@@ -240,6 +240,13 @@ shallow::
file is ignored if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and
"$GIT_COMMON_DIR/shallow" will be used instead.
+commondir::
+ If this file exists, $GIT_COMMON_DIR (see linkgit:git[1]) will
+ be set to the path specified in this file if it is not
+ explicitly set. If the specified path is relative, it is
+ relative to $GIT_DIR. The repository with commondir is
+ incomplete without the repository pointed by "commondir".
+
modules::
Contains the git-repositories of the submodules. This
directory is ignored if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and