Shell function for creating a new empty branch

.zshrc

# Add this to your .zshrc or .bash_profile
# Usage: gneb BRANCH_NAME
# 
function gneb {
  git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/$1
  rm .git/index 
  git clean -fdx 
  touch README.md 
  git add README.md
  git commit -m 'Initial commit'
}