From: Hadmut Danisch <hadmut@danisch.de>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why can't git open empty branches ?
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:06:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F8565BC.1070701@danisch.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120411105906.GA19823@burratino>
Am 11.04.2012 12:59, schrieb Jonathan Nieder:
> git checkout --orphan <new branch>
> git rm -fr .
I would have expected something more obvious and intuitive like
git branch --empty
It is not really plausible to create a new branch by checking out a
non-existing one.
However, this helps. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-11 11:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-11 10:35 Why can't git open empty branches ? Hadmut Danisch
2012-04-11 10:59 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-11 11:06 ` Hadmut Danisch [this message]
2012-04-11 11:21 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-04-11 11:47 ` Hadmut Danisch
2012-04-11 12:19 ` Jonathan Nieder
2012-04-11 12:19 ` Matthieu Moy
2012-04-11 14:16 ` Holger Hellmuth
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