1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 0396d9f5..152d90ab 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -83,11 +83,14 @@ sub new {
  }
  
  sub init_inbox {
-        my ($self, $parallel) = @_;
+        my ($self, $parallel, $skip) = @_;
          $self->{parallel} = $parallel;
          $self->idx_init;
          my $epoch_max = -1;
          git_dir_latest($self, \$epoch_max);
+        if (defined $skip && $epoch_max == -1) {
+                $epoch_max = $skip;
+        }
          $self->git_init($epoch_max >= 0 ? $epoch_max : 0);
          $self->done;
  }