How to create a new (and empty!) “root” branch?

Question

I would like to define a new \"root\" branch in this git repository. By \"root\" branch I mean a branch that is entirely independent of all the other branches in the reposi

Answer 1

If you use git 2.23 or above you may be used to git switch and git restore instead of git checkout. If so, the flag is the same as mentioned in this answer.

git switch --orphan YourBranchHere