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Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-cvsimport: Add -N option to force a new import
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:17:40 -0700
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Matt McCutchen <matt@mattmccutchen.net> writes:

> I had a git repository for development of rsync and wanted to start
> importing the upstream CVS with git-cvsimport, but git-cvsimport saw
> that the git repository existed and insisted on updating a previous
> import.  This patch adds an -N option to git-cvsimport to force a new
> import and updates the documentation appropriately.

Sounds like a useful addition.  Tests?