This is the sequence of steps to follow to create a root gh-pages branch. It is based on a question at [SO]
cd /path/to/repo-name
git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/gh-pages
rm .git/index
git clean -fdx
echo "My GitHub Page" > index.html
| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Downloads and applies a patch from Drupal.org. | |
| if [ -z "$1" ] | |
| then | |
| echo "You need to supply a URL to a patch file." | |
| exit | |
| fi | |
| URL=$1; |