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Title: `git2cpp status` does not work in a newly initialised repo · Issue #58 · QuantStack/git2cpp · GitHub

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Description: In a new repo created using git2cpp init a git2cpp status command fails whereas git status works OK: $ mkdir temp $ cd temp $ ../build/git2cpp init . $ ../build/git2cpp status error: reference 'refs/heads/master' not found $ git status O...

Open Graph Description: In a new repo created using git2cpp init a git2cpp status command fails whereas git status works OK: $ mkdir temp $ cd temp $ ../build/git2cpp init . $ ../build/git2cpp status error: reference 'ref...

X Description: In a new repo created using git2cpp init a git2cpp status command fails whereas git status works OK: $ mkdir temp $ cd temp $ ../build/git2cpp init . $ ../build/git2cpp status error: reference '...

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