docs: fix Git context link and add more details about subdir support
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							@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ to add emulation support with QEMU to be able to build against more platforms.
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### Git context
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By default, this action uses the [Git context](#git-context) so you don't need
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to use the [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/) action to
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check out the repository because this will be done directly by [BuildKit](https://github.com/moby/buildkit).
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By default, this action uses the [Git context](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/build/#git-repositories),
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so you don't need to use the [`actions/checkout`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/)
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action to check out the repository as this will be done directly by [BuildKit](https://github.com/moby/buildkit).
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The git reference will be based on the [event that triggered your workflow](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows)
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and will result in the following context: `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>.git#<ref>`.
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@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ expression `{{defaultContext}}`. Here we can use it to provide a subdirectory
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to the default Git context:
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```yaml
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      -
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        # Setting up Docker Buildx with docker-container driver is required
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        # at the moment to be able to use a subdirectory with Git context
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        name: Set up Docker Buildx
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        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
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      -
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        name: Build and push
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        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
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@ -108,9 +113,16 @@ to the default Git context:
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          push: true
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          tags: user/app:latest
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```
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> :warning: Subdirectory for Git context is only available from [Buildkit version 0.9.0](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/v0.9.0).
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Building from the current repository automatically uses the [GitHub Token](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token)
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> **Warning**
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>
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> Subdirectory for Git context is available from [BuildKit v0.9.0](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/releases/tag/v0.9.0).
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> If you're using the `docker` builder (default if `setup-buildx-action` not used),
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> then BuildKit in Docker Engine will be used. As Docker Engine < v22.x.x embeds
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> Buildkit 0.8.2 at the moment, it does not support this feature. It's therefore
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> required to use the `setup-buildx-action` at the moment.
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Building from the current repository automatically uses the [GitHub Token](https://help.github.com/en/actions/configuring-and-managing-workflows/authenticating-with-the-github_token),
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so it does not need to be passed. If you want to authenticate against another
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private repository, you have to use a [secret](docs/advanced/secrets.md) named
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`GIT_AUTH_TOKEN` to be able to authenticate against it with buildx:
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