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. -- 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