From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:17:24 GMT
Subject: Re: `git checkout --orpan` leaves a dirty worktree
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In-Reply-To: <CALkWK0mdLabT7XyuYsDCROBC5FX+tDgyMnjMRbdkO41PTWd_Ug@mail.gmail.com>

Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> writes:

> BTW, Is there a better way to clean out the worktree than `git rm -rf
> .`, since that fails for submodules?  The impulsive `reset --hard`
> obviously fails because there is no HEAD.

I _think_ the "git rm" is one of the things on Jens's roadmap.  Also
I think "reset --hard" these days does know what to do when you do
not have any history yet.