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Create an orphan or empty branch.

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http://24ways.org/2013/get-started-with-github-pages/

git checkout --orphan gh-pages

An orphaned branch is an empty branch that’s disconnected from the branch it was created off, and it starts with no commits, making it a special standalone branch. checkout switches us from the branch we were on to that branch.