Subject: Why can't git open empty branches ?

From: Hadmut Danisch <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:35:23 +0200

Hi,

when creating a new branch in git, it is by default filled with the
contents of the current branch.

Sometimes a new but empty branch is needed. There are plenty of
instructions in the web to achieve this with „dirty tricks”, i.e. fiddle
around with git's internals. Which is poor design.

Why doesn't git's branch command support opening empty branches in a
clean an natural way?

regards
Hadmut