From: Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 12:54:43 GMT
Subject: Re: git init doesn't create master branch
Message-ID: <CALkWK0m=m89QcnMNg9gEVeb7ZHSRd7ZMcL+y8gYuzn8YCTsSYw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqk3migdb1.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy wrote:
>> the manual of git init says: "An initial HEAD file that references the
>> HEAD of the master branch is also created."
>>
>> However, after creating the repository using git init there's no
>> master branch.
>
> Right, but HEAD still points to it ;-). We sometimes call this an
> "unborn branch".

Right.  Let me also add that our prompt has support for this; on an
unborn branch, my prompt looks like:

artagnon|master#:/tmp/foo$
               ^
	       the # indicates unborn branch

Please consider using contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh to make your life easier.