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Re: git-cvsimport: all my files are marked deleted ?

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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
Date
Apr 4, 2007, 20:22 UTC
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<20070404202251.GA21616@planck.djpig.de>
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 07:51:33PM +0100, Raimund Bauer wrote:
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> On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 19:09 +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
> > Then I went back to <directory> and I just did 'ls'. Directory is
> > empty (except the .git directory).
> 
> 'git checkout -f' is your friend here.
> 
> Not long ago I was wondering about the same thing ...

I was hit by this today, too. Luckily I remembered vaguely that it came up on the list not long ago :)

But it leaves me with the question (to the list): Why doesn't do git-cvsimport a checkout -f? It seems like the right thing to do (at the very least for initial imports that create a new repository).

Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>
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  1. Xavier MaillardMar 10, 2007
  2. Raimund BauerMar 10, 2007
  3. Xavier MaillardMar 10, 2007
  4. Frank LichtenheldApr 4, 2007

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