We just did it for new, but there's no reason to do it differently in old.
@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ if test "$ln_untracked" = 1; then
(
mkdir -p "$maindir" && cd "$maindir" &&
log_cmd ln-old.log ln -s "$initial_repo"/"$maindir"/* .
)
) || true
fi
if test "$subtree" = 1; then