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Asked: 2026-06-02T21:04:24+00:00

I have migrated a cvs repository to git repository and it is in the

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I have migrated a cvs repository to git repository and it is in the server. In my local I tried to clone that repository. It got cloned. But when I checked the git status it shows the result as follows for example.

$ cd FMS_RE_ENGG/

$ git status


#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/Gemfile
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/Gemfile.lock
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/CONFIG/fms-frontend.ini
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/DEBIAN/postinst
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/DEBIAN/postrm
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/DEBIAN/preinst
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/DEBIAN/prerm
#   deleted:    FMS_RE_ENGG/PACKAGING/DEBIAN/templates

etc.,

What is the problem? Why I didn’t get the source files? If I ran the git checkout FMS_RE_ENGG after cloned it, then I am able to get it. Why it is not giving the source files at the moment of cloning itself?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If I understand you correctly, I assume you are grabbing the repository via a basic clone command like

    git clone gitRepositoryLink

    When you run:

    git checkout FMS_RE_ENGG

    this is checking out a different branch within your GIT repository. If your source files are part of the FMS_RE_ENGG branch but not the master branch, when you clone the repository you will not see your source files, because you are not working on the FMS_RE_ENGG branch.

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