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Why does git cvsimport create a branch named origin?

Subject: Why does git cvsimport create a branch named origin?

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Steve Keller· Jan 18, 2019, 13:42 UTC · lore

After converting my CVS repositories from CVS to git using

    git cvsimport -a -m -A authors repo

I see that two branches, master and origin are created:

    $ cd repo
    $ git branch
    * master
      origin

What is the branch origin for?  Should I delete it?

Steve

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