As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Don (Cc:ed) and I started
working
on this, and I just submitted it:
https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.656.git.1591823971.gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx/
That patch series adds a config variable allowing to override the
default
name of the default branch.
Thanks Johannes and Don for your work on the patch! And Billy for
sharing your investigations and thoughts on naming.
Billy then shared this information with James Ramsay of GitLab to
discuss how GitHub and GitLab can coordinate on changing the default
branch name in new repositories. Here is the GitLab ticket to track
their progress: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/220906
Yes, we are investigating the changes needed to support changing the
default branch name of new projects created in GitLab.
Tentatively, I would like to propose having this meeting in the coming
week, via Zoom, just like we did the Virtual Contributor Summit last
September.
Could I ask all interested parties to reply to this email?
Great idea - thanks Emily! Please include me in the invitation.
