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kjellskogsrud / Empty commits
Created March 26, 2020 15:42
Why empty commits are good
I once read an https://bit-booster.com/doing-git-wrong/2017/01/02/git-init-empty/ , about why
you should start with an empty commit for a new repo. The page has since then dissapperard but I got
some of it out of the wayback machine and archive it here:
Always Start With An Empty Commit
Whenever you start a new git repo, pop an empty commit onto it before you do anything else!
git init new-repo
cd new-repo
git commit -m 'initial empty commit' --allow-empty