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Created May 8, 2017 15:49
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Create an orphan branch in a repo.
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git_create_orphan.sh
cd repository
git checkout --orphan orphan_name
git rm -rf .
rm '.gitignore'
echo "#Title of Readme" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -a -m "Initial Commit"
git push origin orphan_name
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