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# patch "monotone.texi"
#  from [58cb4750bfad67386062a81a84c7b5f2e7f58255]
#    to [f6195a7137a6a3e7ce9d303e1434b306d6462908]
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--- monotone.texi	58cb4750bfad67386062a81a84c7b5f2e7f58255
+++ monotone.texi	f6195a7137a6a3e7ce9d303e1434b306d6462908
@@ -4604,6 +4604,21 @@ @section Tree
 files are added before committing.
 
 If @command{--dry-run} is given, no commit is done.
+
+Roughly speaking, @command{mtn import} does the following:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+$ mtn setup @r{(with a twist)}
+$ mtn drop --missing
+$ mtn add --unknown
+$ mtn commit
address@hidden group
address@hidden example
+
+The twist with the @command{mtn setup} part is that it sets the parent
+to be the given revision or the head of the given branch instead of the
+null revision.
 @end ftable