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@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ rcfiles
 *******
 
 A repository with my rc files. The purpose is for me to have revision control of
-my home dir, maybe send somebody a link to an example file and to be browsable
-for others (if anyone wants to copy some snippet). Because these are my actual
-files that I use right now, the repository is cloned directly to my home
-directory and is not meant for mass consumption as it is.
+my home directory, maybe send somebody a link to an example file and to be
+browsable for others (if anyone wants to copy some snippet). Because these are
+my actual files that I use right now, the repository is cloned directly to my
+home directory and is not meant for mass consumption as it is.
 
 Usage
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@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ WARNING: This will overwrite your existing files.
     rm -r rcfiles
     git submodule update --init --recursive
 
+In older versions of Git the paths in the submodules are obsolete and thus need
+to be corrected (before fetching them). The correction needs to be done in the
+:code:`.git` and :code:`config` files inside each submodule.
+
 License
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