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Create a new empty Git branch in an existing repository

Stanislav KhromovStanislav Khromov

Sometimes you want to create a completely empty git branch in a repository (for example for documentation, static site generation etc). Here is how to accomplish this. Replace empty-branch with the branch name you want to create.

git checkout --orphan empty-branch
git rm -rf .
git commit --allow-empty -m "root commit"
git push origin empty-branch

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  • sz games
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    The `git checkout –orphan` command is incredibly useful for setting up a completely clean branch. Using it for documentation or static site generation, as you suggested, makes perfect sense to keep those files separate from the main codebase.