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

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On Thu, Dec 03, 2020 at 03:53:00PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrangé 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

Yeah, it might be, but if we want to get rid of master we should just do
it, not leave all the existing checkouts around using it, IMHO. 

kevin

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