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# References

## submodules.md

Deep-dive reference: full `update` flag table, workflow patterns (clone, add, keep-pinned, update-to-latest, override URL), the complete safe-removal sequence, `absorbgitdirs`, and `foreach` shell variables. Load when SKILL.md's condensed Operations list isn't enough detail.

## sources.md

Research sources that informed this skill — provenance chain for git-scm-submodule-docs reference material.