Git init doesn't create master branch

Question

I seem to have a problem with the git not initializing the master branch when creating a new local repository. When I run "git init", the master branch doesn't seem to be created. Here's the copy-paste from my command line

C:\Users\KJA\workspace\gitproblem>git init
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/KJA/workspace/gitproblem/.git/

C:\Users\KJA\workspace\gitproblem>git branch

C:\Users\KJA\workspace\gitproblem>git branch mybranch
fatal: Not a valid object name: 'master'.

C:\Users\KJA\workspace\gitproblem>

Is there a bug in the newest version of git for windows or something?

Answer 1

Git init creates a repo without any commits.

Since a branch is a pointer to a commit, you can't have branches until you commit something.