I loathe orphan branches with an intensity that could produce a nation of orphaned children. My view is: unless you have an inescapable security, physical or p

I loathe orphan branches with an intensity that could produce a nation of orphaned children. My view is: unless you have an inescapable security, physical or performance reason not to have a single repo, have a single repo. Directories are for managing directories. Version branches are for managing versions. They are not the same thing.