I want my first commit to be on a non-master branch. So after the git init I do $ git checkout -b newbranch I get fatal: You are on a branch yet to be born Of course I can get by with making the first commit on master and then switching. But wondering if I am missing something basic? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html