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Created February 20, 2009 17:57
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Create an empty git branch (kinda dodgy)
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git-empty-branch.sh
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$newbranch
rm .git/index
git clean -fdx
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# git-add files, then git-commit to finish creating the branch
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