Re: How to create a branch without any links to the others branches

On 8/29/08, Francis Moreau [off-list ref] wrote:

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Alex Riesen [off-list ref] wrote:
 >
 > $ rm .git/HEAD
 > $ echo ref: refs/heads/NEW-BRANCH-NAME > .git/HEAD
 > $ git commit
 >


well, it looks pretty git internal hack thing to me.

There is an old thread that uses "git symbolic-ref" or something
instead of "echo...", it would look less hacky. Or you could create a
new repository, make a new branch there, then pull that branch to your
repository.
-- 
Duy