Is it possible in git to create a new, empty remote branch without pushing?

As mentioned in the blog post "Start a New Branch on your Remote Git Repository":

Creating a Remote Branch

git push origin origin:refs/heads/new_feature_name

Make sure everything is up-to-date

git fetch origin

Then you can see that the branch is created.

git branch -r

This should show ‘origin/new_feature_name’

Start tracking the new branch

git checkout --track -b new_feature_name origin/new_feature_name

So to declare a remote branch, even one which doesn't yet exist on the local repository, git push is mandatory.

git checkout --orphan new-empty-branch

Then

git rm -rf .

to remove all files from new branch.

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