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[PATCH] Add note about needing to do 'git checkout -f master'.

From
Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
Date
Feb 12, 2007, 17:49 UTC
Message-ID
<25613.923095125$1171381513@news.gmane.org>
From: Richard Jones <rjones@redhat.com>
---
 Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
index f5450de..7b43ed4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ If '-v' is specified, the script reports what it is doing.
 Otherwise, success is indicated the Unix way, i.e. by simply exiting with
 a zero exit status.
 
+NOTES
+-----
+If importing for the first time into a directory (-C option),
+after the import do 'git checkout -f master' in the new
+directory.
+
 
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  1. Add note about needing to do 'git checkout -f master'.Richard W.M. Jones, Feb 12, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2007

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