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Re: What exactly is a "initial checkout"

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Christian Halstrick <christian.halstrick@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2018, 08:50 UTC
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Ok, I know understand the problems which are solved by this special behaviour of a "initial checkout". And also important I understand when exactly I should do a "initial checkout" - when the index file does not exist. I'll share my new knowledge with JGit :-)

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