#Name: How to create an empty stand-alone branch in Git
#By http://web.archive.org/web/20131201004723/http://sidja.in/post/62663941071
#Version: N/D
#Release Date: September 5th, 2019
#Change to your project folder
$ cd my-project-folder
$Create orphan branch
$ git checkout --orphan my-branch
#Delete everything's left in the orphan branch
$ git rm -rf .
#Make some changes
$ touch dummy-file && echo "dummy-text" > dummy-file
#Add and commit the changes
$ git add dummy-file
$ git commit -m "Adding dummy-file"
#Check commits' history
$ git log
#Come to and from a branch to test them
$ git checkout master
$ git checkout my-branch