Stefan Sperling:

> I think having 'got export' is a better solution if that helps you.
> Subversion also has both checkout and export commands. So this is
> a concept people should already be used to (unless you're used to
> Mercurial where 'export' does something entirely different).

I also use svn export in one place (ports/graphics/netbpm/Makefile,
near the bottom), and this appears to be a really popular question:

Do a "git export" (like "svn export")?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/160608/do-a-git-export-like-svn-export

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de