Switching from old git tree

[Peder O. Klingenberg]

I have been using the old git-mirror for a while.  In there, I have a
branch with some local modifications.

I understand that I need to check out a fresh tree now after the
conversion?  What is the smoothest way of integrating my local branch in
this new tree?  I'm a very basic git user, and the only way I can think
of is to extract the patches from my old branch and applying them by
hand in the new tree.  Is there something else I should be doing
instead?

...Peder...
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