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

1 messages from 2007-02-13 to 2007-02-13. Participants: Richard W.M. Jones.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/6804

## Richard W.M. Jones, 2007-02-13 08:18

Subject: [PATCH] Add note about needing to do 'git checkout -f master'.
Message-ID: <36058.8475865827$1171381509@news.gmane.org>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/36058.8475865827%241171381509%40news.gmane.org

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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.
+
 
 Author
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-- 
1.4.4.2

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