#!/bin/sh

#

# Create a new, empty branch in the current repo.

#

# Verify we're actually in a git repositoriy.

git rev-parse --git-dir > /dev/null || exit 66

# Ensure we have a branch name.

if [ $# -ne 1 ]

then

    echo "What do you want to call this branch?"

    exit 64

fi

refname=refs/heads/$1

# Let's not clobber an existing branch.

if git rev-parse --verify -q $refname > /dev/null

then

    echo "$refname already exists."

    exit 65

fi

# Do the work.

git symbolic-ref -m "Creating an empty branch" HEAD $refname \

    || exit $?

rm .git/index || exit $?

git clean -df || exit $?