[–] qznc 9y ago ↗ > I’ve never actually seen an orphan branch in the wild.I use them for Github's `gh-pages` branches. However, the [official documentation](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-project-pages-usin...) suggests to branch of master and delete everything.I also work in [a repo with three roots](https://github.com/libfirm/libfirm). It was different repos, which got merged later. [–] gsylvie 9y ago ↗ Interesting gh-pages approach!Yes, that make sense. An orphan branch is a nice way to bring in the disparate history of a separate repo that you've decided to merge into your main repo.
[–] gsylvie 9y ago ↗ Interesting gh-pages approach!Yes, that make sense. An orphan branch is a nice way to bring in the disparate history of a separate repo that you've decided to merge into your main repo.
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[ 0.20 ms ] story [ 12.2 ms ] threadI use them for Github's `gh-pages` branches. However, the [official documentation](https://help.github.com/articles/creating-project-pages-usin...) suggests to branch of master and delete everything.
I also work in [a repo with three roots](https://github.com/libfirm/libfirm). It was different repos, which got merged later.
Yes, that make sense. An orphan branch is a nice way to bring in the disparate history of a separate repo that you've decided to merge into your main repo.