On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 10:53 AM Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > Probably, but I suspect that's more of a migration task. Do we need to establish a persistent reference of master == main? -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
