What is /etc/.pihole/.git

What is the use of /etc/.pihole/.git/?

The folder is touched every few minuted.

It is the Git folder for the core repo, which holds metadata about the repository. It is probably updated when Pi-hole checks the version periodically.

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There is a cron script installed by Pi-Hole to check the local version every 10 minutes.

In /etc/cron.d/pihole

*/10 * * * * root PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/" pihole updatechecker local

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