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Can a git changeset be created with no parent

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Vvra5107 <venkatram.akkineni@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 25, 2011, 14:15 UTC
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Hi
        I am currently in the process of converting a large hg repository.
One of the changesets has no parents assigned. So to mirror that is it
possible to create a git changeset that doesnot have a parent ?

Thanks Venkat

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