checkout: support checking out into a new working directory

diff --git a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
index 2dc5667a0c78fd7ab10dbd47e5e2a6d57a52ae4e..82284506a4b0f321796d7d1b33e5225fe5aba7a2 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitrepository-layout.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,13 @@ modules::
        directory is ignored if $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and
        "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/modules" will be used instead.
 
+worktrees::
+       Contains worktree specific information of linked
+       checkouts. Each subdirectory contains the worktree-related
+       part of a linked checkout. This directory is ignored if
+       $GIT_COMMON_DIR is set and "$GIT_COMMON_DIR/worktrees" will be
+       used instead.
+
 SEE ALSO
 --------
 linkgit:git-init[1],