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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
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Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM, Dmitry Ivankov <divanorama@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Haven't seen them in practice. It seemed possible with svn import:
>> if there were no branches at start, and then someone did svn mv .
>> trunk. But it turns out that my svn client doesn't allow such
>> move. So more like a least surprise purpose.
>
> I think now that this commit should go separately if at all.
> Especially considering my other activity on fast-import (and thus
> possible merge conflicts) that isn't strictly necessary for vcs-svn
> and friends.

Well, I think it's a good patch, and merge conflicts are really not a
big deal when one has a good patch, especially when it's clear how to
test that the tool still works after resolving.  It's just missing a
clear description...