Re: What does this output of git supposed to mean ?

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Jun 5, 2017, 23:10 UTC
Message-ID: <20170605231058.pgb4fgfb4z45bzmk@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
In-Reply-To: <1496671452.4809.2.camel@gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 07:34:12PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote:

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> Hello all,
> 
> I noticed a weird output by git when trying to run 'git status' on a
> newly initialized git repository. It prints the following,
> 
> > On branch master
> > 
> > Initial commit
> > 
> > nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)
> 
> 
> What's that "Initial commit" supposed to mean?

It just means that it will be the first commit in the repository. It's a helpful reminder that some operations (such as git log) won't work as expected. In addition, many people want to commit certain files (such as .gitignore) in their initial commit, and this may jog their memory.

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