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Re: commit 0? (or: create new empty branch)

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Mar 11, 2008, 12:52 UTC
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<alpine.LSU.1.00.0803111350550.3873@racer.site>
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<20080311123004.GA27577@bit.office.eurotux.com>
Hi,
On Tue, 11 Mar 2008, Luciano Rocha wrote:
> I'd like to create a new branch, without any pre-existing data, for
> purposes similar to git's html/man/.....
If there is nothing to branch from, there is nothing to branch from.
You might want to rename your branch (once you have something).

But then, I do not even understand why you bother. You can always push to a branch of a different name, and have your principal branch being "master" locally.

Hth, Dscho

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