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 .It Pa refs/
 The default directory to store references in.
 .El
+.Pp
+A typical Git repository exposes a work tree which allows the user to make
+changes to versioned files and create new commits.
+When a Git work tree is present, the actual repository data is stored in a
+.Pa .git
+subfolder of the repository's root directory.
+A Git repository without a work tree is known as a
+.Dq bare
+repository.
+.Xr got 1
+does not make use of Git's work tree and treats every repository as if it
+was bare.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr got 1 ,
 .Xr deflate 3 ,
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 .Op Ar arg ...
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm
-is a version control system which stores the history of tracked files in a
-.Dq bare
-Git repository, as used by the Git version control system.
+is a version control system which stores the history of tracked files
+in a Git repository, as used by the Git version control system.
 This repository format is described in
 .Xr git-repository 5 .
 .Pp