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 ☤ Example Pipfile & Pipfile.lock
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-Pipfiles contain information for the dependencies of the project, and supercede
-the requirements.txt present in Python projects. You should add Pipfile in the
-Git repository letting users who clone the repository the only thing required would be
-installing Pipenv in the machine and type ``pipenv install``. Pipenv is a reference
+Pipfiles contain information for the dependencies of the project, and supersedes
+the requirements.txt file used in most Python projects. You should add a Pipfile in the
+Git repository letting users who clone the repository know the only thing required would be
+installing Pipenv in the machine and typing ``pipenv install``. Pipenv is a reference
 implementation for using Pipfile.
 
 .. _example_files: