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Git branch bug

From
GOGuido Ostkamp <git@ostkamp.fastmail.fm>
Date
May 5, 2007, 16:24 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0705051823300.13988@bianca.dialin.t-online.de>
Hello,
I would like to report the following bug:

$ mkdir test $ cd test $ git init Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ $ git branch experimental fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'.

So, it seems it is not possible to create a named branch on an empty repository.

I'm not subscribed to the list, so please keep me directly on CC for any reply, thanks.

Regards
Guido
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