# Git Orphan Branch

Normally orphan are needed when you do not want to initiate a branch from a source branch.

Follow these steps to create a working orphan branch:

git checkout — orphan <orphan-branch-name>
git rm -rf .
Add your files or unzip the zip file in the working directory or copy the files you want to have in the orphan branch.
git add .
git commit -m "commit message"
git push origin <orphan-branch-name>