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Re: How to create independent branches

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 8, 2006, 20:49 UTC
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Peter Baumann <peter.baumann@gmail.com> writes:
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> Another question. I'd like to create a totaly independent branch (like
> the "todo" branch in git). Is there a more user friendly way than doing
>
> git-checkout -b todo
> rm .git/refs/heads/todo
> rm .git/index
> rm <all_files_in_your_workdir>
>
> ... hack hack hack ...
> git-commit -a
>
> I looked all over the docs, but can't find anything obvious.

My "todo" branch is not even part of my main git repository. I just have two independent repositories (git and todo) locally, and push into the same public repository.
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  2. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2006
  3. How to create independent branchesPeter Baumann, Apr 8, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiApr 8, 2006
  5. Peter BaumannApr 9, 2006
  6. Peter BaumannApr 9, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisApr 8, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2006
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