dasJ/git-emptybranch.sh

## git-emptybranch.sh
#!/bin/bash

# Create a git branch with a single commit that contains nothing.

if [ "${#}" != 1 ]; then
	echo "Usage: ${0} [branch name]"
	exit 1
fi

tree="$(: | git mktree)"
commit="$(git commit-tree "${tree}" -m "Initial commit")"
git branch "${1}" "${commit}"
	#!/bin/bash

	# Create a git branch with a single commit that contains nothing.

	if [ "${#}" != 1 ]; then
	echo "Usage: ${0} [branch name]"
	exit 1
	fi

	tree="$(: \| git mktree)"
	commit="$(git commit-tree "${tree}" -m "Initial commit")"
	git branch "${1}" "${commit}"