Git no branches

Question

I created a bare repository, than cloned it. When I do git branch -a nothing is displayed. Why can't I even see the master branch by default? Although git bash shows the following:

 /some/path/project (master) 

Answer 1

You probably cloned an empty repository, there is nothing to point out for the master branch.

• A branch points to a commit
• A commit points to a tree
• A tree lists some blobs or other trees