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Re: What's in git.git

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
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Mar 22, 2006, 05:35 UTC
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>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>> But this wastes a commit.  Is there any way to get an index that simply
>> includes the file from that other branch?

Junio> $ git checkout master Junio> $ git checkout next git-cvsimport.perl

Yow.  How simple is *that*?  Thanks.
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