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-rw-r--r--lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index 8eec17eb..299329b4 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -229,10 +229,9 @@ sub done {
         # for compatibility with existing ssoma installations
         # we can probably remove this entirely by 2020
         my $git_dir = $self->{git}->{git_dir};
-        # XXX: change the following scope to: if (-e $index) # in 2018 or so..
         my @cmd = ('git', "--git-dir=$git_dir");
-        if ($nchg && !$ENV{FAST}) {
-                my $index = "$git_dir/ssoma.index";
+        my $index = "$git_dir/ssoma.index";
+        if ($nchg && -e $index && !$ENV{FAST}) {
                 my $env = { GIT_INDEX_FILE => $index };
                 run_die([@cmd, qw(read-tree -m -v -i), $self->{ref}], $env);
         }