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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 17/20] transport-helper: change import semantics
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:38:23 -0500
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Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> Change the semantics of the import statement such that it matches
> that of the list statement. That is, 'import\n' is followed by a list
> of refs that should be exported, followed by '\n'.

I think that for learnability, it would be better to use

	import <ref>
	import <ref>
	...
	[blank line]

since that is consistent with "fetch" and "push".  I'll try mocking up
a patch for that tonight.