From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,T_DKIM_INVALID shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F33E1F7D2 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:11:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751337AbdFEXLG (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2017 19:11:06 -0400 Received: from castro.crustytoothpaste.net ([75.10.60.170]:50130 "EHLO castro.crustytoothpaste.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751274AbdFEXLF (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Jun 2017 19:11:05 -0400 Received: from genre.crustytoothpaste.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:b978:101:254c:7dd1:74c7:cde0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by castro.crustytoothpaste.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1D255280AD; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:11:04 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=crustytoothpaste.net; s=default; t=1496704264; bh=Wp4eRZuycYnDlMz021oAgbkaV6zCnn7CJSLIKyaeGgo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=WTnldBWBCegon6X5YfJoRy6Bsw9nIqDU79sv8gfs4hAyLHSQ+mcOVOeKeP1Rq2BwZ Nnpr01cUYutiAPNf5RTQC4bs6pM2qpYM+f9EDiNAaZzwJJsvSQlM4UQPRIhMW0QH49 7hPnVWKVuXYar6IcdHxyFqbi/RP3qkA+62eQPVt5EOoLj7KFhccXYGpyHGBcue0RsJ bHa3nqUe+V27o4Q+L+2sFuZBFNxYW8SrYna9SyLjRx9VddcEEj7ZQqF0XFNMuVhC+k PvzkVSl4iP2SvpvGUJhdMXDmyY9PZck0bo0sl0ASDNXdCNpIJSb3LeAw736htUEyYW V0sVxF2MI37kBAwAjmmMSq0KlPkvVy1uYgSCf49oBy9os9urjdklgSHPpLcswHWeWY KX/lnpjWCOgCivI0HABHv29vQE83zzZD/d+g5yrIPssu2Z99E2q2K4fM8MpCbJA+pp HeiQi1fAa5oqgRsdqqoycT94cCFrbB8n2Yg1F9Orc58FjfsyIXw Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:10:58 +0000 From: "brian m. carlson" To: Kaartic Sivaraam Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What does this output of git supposed to mean ? Message-ID: <20170605231058.pgb4fgfb4z45bzmk@genre.crustytoothpaste.net> Mail-Followup-To: "brian m. carlson" , Kaartic Sivaraam , git@vger.kernel.org References: <1496671452.4809.2.camel@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="mdblgkxjgrgwrajw" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1496671452.4809.2.camel@gmail.com> X-Machine: Running on genre using GNU/Linux on x86_64 (Linux kernel 4.9.0-3-amd64) User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170306 (1.8.0) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org --mdblgkxjgrgwrajw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 07:34:12PM +0530, Kaartic Sivaraam wrote: > Hello all, >=20 > I noticed a weird output by git when trying to run 'git status' on a > newly initialized git repository. It prints the following, >=20 > > On branch master > >=20 > > Initial commit > >=20 > > nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track) >=20 >=20 > What's that "Initial commit" supposed to mean? It just means that it will be the first commit in the repository. It's a helpful reminder that some operations (such as git log) won't work as expected. In addition, many people want to commit certain files (such as .gitignore) in their initial commit, and this may jog their memory. --=20 brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US https://www.crustytoothpaste.net/~bmc | My opinion only OpenPGP: https://keybase.io/bk2204 --mdblgkxjgrgwrajw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1.21 (GNU/Linux) iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEX8OngXdrJt+H9ww3v1NdgR9S9osFAlk15QIACgkQv1NdgR9S 9ot4tRAAneXkQukYqxLsneZZ1gNfY9O73GsD785KjuqpTlBIzZGJLaauRMvaMEoO oDVF+/DU7Qgosy8yVunw68nwQZaKgx10ZTHm3bOQLjIKctfJ2Mhsr4/venv5duoA teuYhzvSCm1Fn78JNAJBCUIrVW0V1IgRx+naaCw047WkkAIxPnuR37XvRu5bPUbe dIS323jO26la8Nz9yKLOcAfJh49Dyqc2wtoSiWWjXkxdTBexmS2EnuckvPwPNytE 3crw0Pcs/YgmgLRhgo1qsrXkquACzAuCWaQbHgHDe+mQ3rbjwHFiWWD53rTf43HA QgsVjoajlfYBDVbSN4HipEN+xQhg5QabIf87Rc3HT0p7Id8TM/FJONKOf6o41uNG jkBisXl81GnVvgeeYtnDnwTNJn3if8G4thfxCPdJm4JPrbbzBpoxvaqp0RHJrbyC 8xS1ehrZHGTnJVvpZALTCsNMj3b4RQjnuS/0zUlNypx60ktdTpvtDfXS8glQTjmj +cmXJlodOfPkuZA0lolYcF49q27uHdybr7LPJlB57HAARVOTpVDsqeHECfb0Kfsd /b6svNIMnrA9eC5Aq7kYrOETFv3rUbHYSgbUA1R2kLLGrZA+ZtBXdYWmRZvudZwU TgsxxNcB2UcjnlEpywzNGP9Zv2Oy3QmYqVLa1O0WP8Yh8i/3gxo= =+TIJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mdblgkxjgrgwrajw--