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Re: A good Git technique for referring back to original files

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MMikeW <mw_phil@yahoo.co.uk>
Date
Feb 13, 2013, 11:44 UTC
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Paul Campbell <pcampbell <at> kemitix.net> writes:
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> Hi Mike,
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> I think git-cvsimport and git-subtree could help you here.
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That looks very interesting, had not considered git subtree and it looks like the right kind of method.

Thanks. Mike

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> Hope that helps.
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> Paul
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