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 # Save a copy of https://raw.github.com/mozilla/integration-gecko-projects/master/README.md
 # Delete the repo!  This option is available in the "Danger Zone" area of https://github.com/mozilla/integration-gecko-projects/settings
-# Recreate the repo.  There's a "Create a new repo" icon in the top right.  This will need the same name, should be public, and you want to initialize the repo with a README.
+# Recreate the repo.  There's a "Create a new repo" icon in the top right.  This will need the same name, should be public, and you want to initialize the repo with a README.  (gecko-projects is the only repo where we want the README: essentially, we want an empty master branch because github doesn't allow you to delete the first populated branch in a repo.)
 # Edit the README with the contents you downloaded in step 4.
 # Start the conversion back up.  You may only need to delete the build/target and build/stage_source/BAD_REPO directories.  Or you may need to blow away the whole thing from orbit to be sure, in which case you should follow the docs for [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReleaseEngineering/VCSSync/HowTo#How_to_start_a_mozilla-central_based_repo_conversion_from_scratch how to start a mozilla-central based repo conversion from scratch].