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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