How to create a clean branch without taking the master branch history?

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I need to create a clean branch that doesn’t reflect the master branch commits. This branch will be used to provide information about the project on Github through Gh-pages and will never be used to merge with the master branch.

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First create an orphan branch:

git checkout --orphan gh-pages

Now remove all files from this branch:

git rm -rf .
git clean -fdx

Add some file, for example README.md:

touch README.md
git add .
git commit "chore(app): initial commit"

Now just push to the server:

git push origin gh-pages

Make a checkout for the master and see the existing branchs:

git checkout master
git branch

This feature is very useful for branches that have as purpose project documentation or preview.

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