Subject: Re: Why can't git open empty branches ?

From: Hadmut Danisch <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:06:36 +0200

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.