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creates a git empty branch
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git-empty-branch
#!/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"
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