I'm new to git. I'm using bitbucket with sourcetree client. I've cloned the repository from bitbucket in the sourcetree ,and then I wanted to create a Develop branch from Master. The thing is : there isn't any master branch. I've tried committing some text file , and then I was able to create that Develop branch , but I still don't see master branch in BitBucket ,so I can't create pull requests from the Develop branch to master...
What have I done wrong? Thanks
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You have to initialize your repository with your username and name, after that your master branch will be created and you will be able to commit your code.
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"
If you will try to clone the empty repository, while cloning you should be getting the following message in command line prompt.
Cloning into 'test'...
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
Checking connectivity... done.
So, it means you are starting a project from scratch. In this case you have to follow the following steps -
mkdir /path/to/your/project
cd /path/to/your/project
git init
git remote add origin "Your Repo Url"
git add -A
git commit -m 'Your Commit Message'
git push -u origin master
Same streps are also mentioned in bitbucket home page of your repository. It will create your master branch.
masteris just a name for the usual default branch. But it doesn’t need to be called that way. If you dogit branch -ryou can see what branches exist on your remote, so you know which branch you could create a pull request for.If you really want a master branch, you could just create a new branch.