git status for cloned repository shows file deleted

Question

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

Answer 1

What does git branch -a show you after cloning is complete? The problem might be in that git clone asks the remote which branch it has as its current branch and reflects this in the cloned (your local) repo.

Supposedly either your conversion tool screwed something or the remote repo is somehow screwed with respect to its idea about its active branch.

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