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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: git fast-import : How to change parent during import?
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:39:32 -0500
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Vitor Antunes wrote:

> Is there a way to manually force fast-import to drop an old commit that the
> frontend script decided it was no longer necessary?

Sure --- patch fast-import (I'd be happy to review such a patch). :)