Hi, On Sat, 5 May 2007, Guido Ostkamp wrote: > $ mkdir test > $ cd test > $ git init > Initialized empty Git repository in .git/ > $ git branch experimental > fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'. > > So, it seems it is not possible to create a named branch on an empty > repository. Actually, it is not possible to branch from a non-existing branch. So, this is somewhat expected from my POV. Ciao, Dscho - 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