gist: 213924 - creates a git empty branch- GitHub


  
    
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              #!/bin/sh
# creating a git empty branch
# it takes as arg the name for the new branch
 
git-symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$1
rm .git/index
git clean -fdx
git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial empty branch commit"
Description:	creates a git empty branch
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