[git] Creating a new empty branch for a new project

Let's say you have a master branch with files/directories:

> git branch  
master
> ls -la # (files and dirs which you may keep in master)
.git
directory1
directory2
file_1
..
file_n

Step by step how to make an empty branch:

  1. git checkout —orphan new_branch_name
  2. Make sure you are in the right directory before executing the following command:
    ls -la |awk '{print $9}' |grep -v git |xargs -I _ rm -rf ./_
  3. git rm -rf .
  4. touch new_file
  5. git add new_file
  6. git commit -m 'added first file in the new branch'
  7. git push origin new_branch_name

In step 2, we simply remove all the files locally to avoid confusion with the files on your new branch and those ones you keep in master branch. Then, we unlink all those files in step 3. Finally, step 4 and after are working with our new empty branch.

Once you're done, you can easily switch between your branches:

git checkout master 
git checkout new_branch

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