Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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. :) So true ;-). Especially when you may an answer that may make _you_ look like an idiot ;-) -- 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