commit 4129c201eca43b4c3e39b5dbc350d536735b61d4
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Tue Mar 13 02:18:53 2018 UTC

more man page tweaks

commit - 285dc8a4ab48574b35edaca5be7e3032020ccfa7
commit + 4129c201eca43b4c3e39b5dbc350d536735b61d4
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@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@ repositories created by the popular Git version contro
 This repository format is described in
 .Xr got-repository 5 .
 .Pp
+.Nm
+is a
+.Dq distributed
+version control system because every copy of a repository is writeable.
+Modifications made to files can be synchronized between repositories
+automatically at any time.
+.Pp
 Files managed by
 .Nm
-can be checked out from the repository for modification.
+must be checked out from the repository for modification.
 Checked out files are stored in a
 .Em work tree
 which is placed at an arbitrary directory in the filesystem hierarchy.