Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I guess the latter is the case, so embedding is actually inside > the working tree and un-embedding is the relocation to the > superproject. Another reason why I personally see a .git in each submodule working tree is "embedded" has nothing to do with Git. It is an analogy I feel (perhaps it is just me) with the word "embedded reporters in warzone". These people are spread around, assigned to units to report from places closer to the front line and being closer to the leaf of the hierarchy, as opposed to be assigned to a more central place like HQ to do their reporting.