es.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>linkgit:git-rebase[1] to maintain topic branches.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>linkgit:git-tag[1] to mark a known point.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<h3 id="_examples">Examples</h3>
<div class="dlist">
<dl>
<dt class="hdlist1">Use a tarball as a starting point for a new repository.</dt>
<dd>
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<div class="content">
<pre>$ tar zxf frotz.tar.gz
$ cd frotz
$ git init
$ git add . <b class="conum">(1)</b>
$ git commit -m "import of frotz so