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 **IMPORTANT!!** Several of the subdirectories are git subtrees pointing to independent repositories. While you can edit things in the subtree and push them back to the upstream repository, it’s probably better to edit them in a separate clone of the original repository.
 
-To pull upstream changes to the subtrees (e.g., for ouexam):
+To pull upstream changes to the subtrees (e.g., for `ouexam`):
 
 	% git subtree pull --prefix=ouexam --squash ouexam master