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June 29, 2012 18:02
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GIT: Create empty branch
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| git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/empty | |
| touch .gitignore | |
| git add .gitignore | |
| git commit -m 'Initial headless branch commit' |
Nice, it worked for me ^
git checkout --orphan is not available in older git versions
The --orphan option should work for most people (it was introduced by 1.7.2 in 2010). Documentation is here
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or just
git checkout --orphan empty?