>Yes, your new master HEAD is 1abd6bb == commit "Recreate 
repository with 
>current state" == commit from upgraded master branch. Try "git 
>log" and see that the history of new master branch is quite short.

git log
commit 1abd6bb91e681b2502e41bf9caf08a0694573706
Author: Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...>
Date:   Sat Dec 8 14:39:13 2012 -0600

    Recreate repository with current state

Darrell