Re: git-cvsimport "you may need to merge manually"

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"Randal" == Randal L Schwartz [off-list ref] writes:

Randal> To bring the tree clean, I issued "git commit -a -m 'cvs sync'", and
Randal> "git-whatchanged -p" shows the most recent commit with the diff actually
Randal> *backed out* the most recent change in CVS, and the next change down was
Randal> actually the good one.  Weird.  Do I need to start all over again?

Junio> Also, which branch are you on when you run git-cvsimport, and
Junio> which branch did the commit 985ca7 go?  I suspect it is storing
Junio> the tip commit 985ca7 to a branch that you are _not_ on
Junio> currently, but refraining from merging that to your current
Junio> branch, or something like that.

Randal> Nope.  I'm on "master", and it should be writing "master".

And now for grins, I did "git-reset --hard 'HEAD^^^^^^^'", verified
that the data was in a sensible state from a few weeks back, then
did the git-cvsimport, and it replayed the CVS changes to bring it current.
git-status showed that seven files were dirty, and "git-reset --hard"
cleared that, and the files were in the right state.

Huh?

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