j8

You can create a new empty branch like this:

$ git checkout --orphan NEWBRANCH

--orphan creates a new branch, but it starts without any commit. After running the above command you are on a new branch "NEWBRANCH", and the first commit you create from this state will start a new history without any ancestry.

The --orphan command keeps the index and the working tree files intact in order to make it convenient for creating a new history whose trees resemble the ones from the original branch.

Since you want to create a new empty branch that has nothing to do with the original branch, you can delete all files in the new working directory:

JamieMason

Unfollow everyone on twitter.com

1. Go to https://twitter.com/YOUR_USER_NAME/following
2. Open the Developer Console. (COMMAND+ALT+I on Mac)
3. Paste this into the Developer Console and run it

// Unfollow everyone on twitter.com, by Jamie Mason (https://twitter.com/fold_left)
// https://gist.github.com/JamieMason/7580315
//

earthgecko

#!/bin/bash
# bash generate random alphanumeric string
#

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (upper and lowercase) and 
NEW_UUID=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1)

# bash generate random 32 character alphanumeric string (lowercase only)
cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 32 | head -n 1