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=== Integrating mozilla-central and CVS History ===
=== Integrating mozilla-central and CVS History ===


mozilla/gecko integrates the mozilla-central and CVS histories via Git replace. To traverse the combined history of those repos, clone/fetch mozilla/gecko, then fetch replacement refs via this command:
mozilla/gecko integrates the mozilla-central and CVS histories via [https://git-scm.com/docs/git-replace Git replace]. To traverse the combined history of those repos, clone/fetch mozilla/gecko, then fetch replacement refs via this command:


<code>git fetch origin 'refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*'</code>
<code>git fetch origin 'refs/replace/*:refs/replace/*'</code>
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