I think you could just do a git add -A in steps 4c/d instead. --
- [git-users] converting from tar version backups t... John McKown
- Re: [git-users] converting from tar version ... Konstantin Khomoutov
- Re: [git-users] converting from tar vers... John McKown
- [git-users] converting from tar version back... Thomas Ferris Nicolaisen
- [git-users] Re: converting from tar vers... John McKown