Re: Fedora 34 Change: GitRepos-master-to-main (Self-Contained Change)

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On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 10:02:34AM -0500, Ben Cotton wrote:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/GitRepos-master-to-main
> 
> == Summary ==
> 
> This Change will move Fedora git repositories to use "main" as the
> default git branch instead of "master". Specific repositories will be
> manually moved and default git branch for new projects will be set to
> use "main".
> 
> The Fedora Community strives to be open and welcoming. Some language
> around our git repositories is dated and could be more inclusive. Many
> git repositories currently use "master" as the default branch. This
> Change will move many repositories (see below) to use a "main" branch
> as default. This small bit of naming adjustment is in-line with
> Fedora's vision for free and open source software built by inclusive,
> welcoming, and open-minded communities.

snip

> == Upgrade/compatibility impact ==
> 
> Users with old checkouts will need to update their git configuration
> or re-clone repositories that have changed before they can see any new
> changes.

Is it possible to enhance pagure to support configuring branch
symbolic refs when branches are renamed, so clients don't need
to update their checkout ? IIUC, it involves running something
approximately like this on the server git repo:

   git symbolic-ref refs/heads/master refs/heads/main



Regards,
Daniel
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