Using BBEdit's menu BBEdit > Folders > Document Backups opens 
~Library/Containers/BBEdit/Data/Documents/BBEdit Backups. In Finder, folder 
~/Documents contains what appears to be a folder named "BBEdit", within 
which is what appears to be another folder named "BBEdit Backups."

I have two questions. First, can ~/Documents/BBEdit be removed, or at least 
hidden. The reason I don't simply move it to the Trash leads to the second 
question, which is...

... just what is this mysterious entity that looks like ~/Documents/BBEdit? 
When I use ls -lA ~/Documents, no such item appears. A file entitled 
.localized exists, but I do not believe this is related. Finder's Get Info 
on ~/Documents/BBEdit reports that it is a zero byte file and its location 
is ~/Library/Containers/BBEdit/Data/Documents.
I am very curious. It appears to be something akin to a hard link or 
symbolic link, but not exactly.

The User Guide cautions against messing with this mysterious entity (humor 
intended.)

I appreciate in advance anyone who can answer the first question and shed 
some light on the second.

David Brown
Mac Studio M2 Ultra
macOS 14.2.1
BBEdit 15.0

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