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From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fast-import: Allow filemodify to set the root
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 18:34:32 +0200
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Heya,

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:58, David Michael Barr
<david.barr@cordelta.com> wrote:
> The way I perceive it, the patch simply removes the special treatment of
> the root, allowing it to be modified just as any other path.
> The only property that distinguishes the root from other paths is that the
> endpoint must be a tree.

So, are other trees allowed too? Can I set the contents of directory
"foo/bar/baz/" to an existing tree?

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier