@@ -117,12 +117,13 @@ end

 desc "setup _deploy folder and deploy branch"

 task :init_deploy, :branch do |t, args|

   puts "Please provide a deploy branch, eg. rake init_deploy[gh-pages]" unless args.branch

-  cd "#{_deploy}" do

+  cd "#{deploy_dir}" do

     system "git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/#{args.branch}"

     system "rm .git/index"

     system "git clean -fdx"

     system "touch README && echo 'initial commit' >> README"

     system "git add ."

+    system "git commit -m 'Setup for deploy with Octopress'"

     system "git push origin #{args.branch}"

   end

 end