On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 06:23:32PM +0530, Rustom Mody wrote: > 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? The problem with git checkout -b newbranch is that it tries to create a new branch based on your current HEAD. As you have no commits, your HEAD doesn't point at a commit ant this can't work. To change the name of your current branch before you've made any commits, you can use the symbolic-ref command to update your HEAD to point to a differently named branch (that also doesn't yet exist). Try this: git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/non-master and then carry on adding and committing as before. Charles. -- Charles Bailey http://ccgi.hashpling.plus.com/blog/ -- 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