Matthieu Moy wrote: >> the manual of git init says: "An initial HEAD file that references the >> HEAD of the master branch is also created." >> >> However, after creating the repository using git init there's no >> master branch. > > Right, but HEAD still points to it ;-). We sometimes call this an > "unborn branch". Right. Let me also add that our prompt has support for this; on an unborn branch, my prompt looks like: artagnon|master#:/tmp/foo$ ^ the # indicates unborn branch Please consider using contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh to make your life easier. -- 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