Leila <muhtasib@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> I didn't think about other commands, but I do not think format-patch >> wants to silently succeed without doing anything---it is definitely >> a user error, no? >> > > The other changed commands are git show, git whatchanged, git reflog. > And I think for the initial repo case, they can just silently succeed > vs display that error message. What should happen if you say "git log/show/whatchanged" immediately after running "git checkout --orphan foo"? Should these commands succeed silently? -- 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