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Re: Git branch bug

From
GOGuido Ostkamp <git@ostkamp.fastmail.fm>
Date
May 5, 2007, 17:44 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0705051942550.14963@bianca.dialin.t-online.de>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0705051841200.4015@racer.site>
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> On Sat, 5 May 2007, Guido Ostkamp wrote:
>
>> $ 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.
>
> Actually, it is not possible to branch from a non-existing branch. So,
> this is somewhat expected from my POV.
>From a git beginners point of view, I would expect that the 'master'

branch is automatically created when performing the 'git init'. Why is this not the case?

Regards
Guido
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  1. Guido OstkampMay 5, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinMay 5, 2007
  3. Daniel BarkalowMay 5, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2007
  5. Daniel BarkalowMay 6, 2007
  6. Guido OstkampMay 5, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 5, 2007

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