Merge branch 'maint-1.7.3' into maint

diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl b/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
index ead4c04d3f7ca64ed55ff605d7ee8087189a2226..b09ff8f12f7e5b5b6faeaf857d7c61973de8590e 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/contrib/examples/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ ($$)
 unless(-d $git_dir) {
        system("git init");
        die "Cannot init the GIT db at $git_tree: $?\n" if $?;
-       system("git read-tree");
+       system("git read-tree --empty");
        die "Cannot init an empty tree: $?\n" if $?;
 
        $last_branch = $opt_o;