stuck in commit/update/push/pull loop

[Steve Franks]

>> I know I can probably glean the answer to that from the help or the wiki, so
>> unless anyone wants to chat about the implications, or I'm dead wrong, I'll
>> be over there...
>
> You're dead wrong :-) The only way to trip history for any trace of a file is
> to rewrite the whole repo using convert.

Whew, that's a load off my back.  I was a touch worried that there was
some good reason for permanent deletion hiding in the halls of
computer science.

Best,
Steve