From: Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:13:10 GMT
Subject: Re: how to start with non-master branch?
Message-ID: <4A634616.9020302@dirk.my1.cc>
In-Reply-To: <f46c52560907190553x4e21ffbdn6d55c43f2d6b08ad@mail.gmail.com>

Am 19.07.2009 14:53 schrieb Rustom Mody:
> I want my first commit to be on a non-master branch.
> So after the git init I do
> $ git checkout -b newbranch
> 
> I get
> fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born
> 
> Of course I can get by with making the first commit on master and then
> switching.
> 
> But wondering if I am missing something basic?
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What about renaming the "initial master", i.e.:
git init
git add .
git commit -m "intial checkin"
git branch -m non-master-branch

and later adding a master just as any other branch, i.e.
git checkout -b master

Unfortunately renaming doesn't work before the first commit, I got an 
error similar to yours.

I think the name "master" is just a convention and there's nothing 
special about that branch. Could've been called "main" or sth. as well 
when Linus invented it.

Dirk