On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Indeed, the flexibility to choose the name of the default branch can be > helpful for projects with specific naming, especially non-english > speaking projects. > > To that end I would suggest adding -b argument to git init to be able to > choose the default branch name per project. This should select the > initial branch name and also write the it as the default branch name in > the repo configuration (if git continues to treat the default branch > specially). > > This can be used in documentation to use the new name immediately > without breaking existing workflows that rely on the 'master' branch. I _really_ like this idea (and your reasoning). Seconded. Don Goodman-Wilson
