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Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Matthieu Moy <hidden> · 2016-06-15
[PATCH v2] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Michael Witten <hidden> · 2016-06-15

Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head'

From: Matthieu Moy <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:52:07

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Michael Witten <hidden>
2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Matthieu Moy <hidden>
2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Michael Witten <hidden>
2016-06-15 · Re: [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Junio C Hamano <hidden>
2016-06-15 · [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' · Michael Witten <hidden>

Michael Witten [off-list ref] writes:

+	Tell git to make the next commit you make a root commit

I'd even add 

  (just like the first commit after "git init")

at this point.

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Matthieu Moy
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