commit 0? (or: create new empty branch)

Hello,

I'd like to create a new branch, without any pre-existing data, for purposes similar to git's html/man/.....

However, I've been unable to do that using the higher level tools.

Even starting from an empty git rep, I can't create a branch:

$ git init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ $ git branch empty fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'.

How were the different git.git branches created?

Regards, Luciano Rocha