On 6/11/2020 7:59 AM, Don Goodman-Wilson wrote: > 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. Yes, adding a -b|--branch option would be an excellent addition to the config option. Thanks, -Stolee
