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Create an empty initial commit
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git-make-empty-root.sh
git checkout --orphan temp_master
git rm -rf .
git commit --allow-empty -m 'Make initial root commit'
git rebase --onto temp_master --root master
git branch -D temp_master
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jlherren commented Jun 28, 2019

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Note that if you have an empty repository (just after git init or after cloning an empty repository), then this will suffice:

git commit --allow-empty -m 'Empty initial commit'

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nicktoumpelis commented Jul 2, 2019

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@jherren 👍

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gorskimarcin96 commented Oct 21, 2021

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Thank you :)

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nicktoumpelis commented Oct 31, 2021

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memark commented Oct 7, 2022

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Nice!

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nechevskac commented Dec 23, 2022

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Tnx 👍

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jsfez commented Sep 22, 2023

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thank you

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nicktoumpelis commented Sep 28, 2023

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Nice!

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nicktoumpelis commented Sep 28, 2023

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Tnx 👍

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thank you

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