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Claude Code v2.1.248

Creating a repo with a chosen initial branch name

Under the hood
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Git

Repos Claude Code creates now use an explicit starting branch name rather than your git default.

What

A new internal helper initialises a git repository with an explicit starting branch name, so repos Claude Code creates for you no longer depend on your machine's git default or on local repo templates.

Details
  • Runs git init --quiet --initial-branch=<name> with init.templateDir= forced empty, so user-configured git templates cannot inject files into the new repo.
  • Takes an abort signal and a timeout, and reports success purely from a zero exit code.
Evidence

init.templateDir=

Strings lifted out of the shipped bundle, so the claim above can be checked against them.

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