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merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) writes:

>>>>>> "Junio" == Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:
>
>>> But this wastes a commit.  Is there any way to get an index that simply
>>> includes the file from that other branch?
>
> Junio>         $ git checkout master
> Junio>         $ git checkout next git-cvsimport.perl
>
> Yow.  How simple is *that*?  Thanks.

There is one thing you would want to be careful about.
This updates the index.