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Subject: Re: What exactly is a "initial checkout"
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Ok, I know understand the problems which are solved by this
special behaviour of a "initial checkout". And also important I understand
when exactly I should do a "initial checkout" - when the index file does
not exist. I'll share my new knowledge with JGit :-)