Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Why should I have to `git rm -rf .` after a `git checkout --orphan`? > What sort of misfeature/ incomplete feature is this? One designed for the "going open source" use case, where you have existing code that you want to put into a new branch without history. When there is no existing code, it seems simpler to do cd .. git init code-that-has-nothing-to-do-previous-cwd cd code-that-* ... hack hack hack ... git commit git remote add origin <url> git push -u origin master BTW, I suspect a clearer way to say what you meant is "Sounds like a misfeature" which is gentler and more focused than an implied "What kind of idiot designed this?" Even if you are thinking the latter. :) Hope that helps, Jonathan -- 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