On 12/06/2020 17:51, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > >> I added a _brief_ extension to the context to the first commit's commit >> message. However, I do not want to go into details here because _this_ >> patch series is only about empowering users to change their default main >> branch name. > > [...] > > Sufficiently large part of the user population are unhappy with the > use of the word 'master' as the default name of the primary branch > in a newly created repository, and the mere fact that we are aware > of that is good enough justification to move _away_ from 'master'. > In other words, we do not have to explain why 'master' was bad, as > it does not have to be bad for everybody to be replaced. This expresses what I was trying to get at with my comments much more clearly than I managed - Thank you > > But you need to defend that the new word you picked is something > everybody is happy with. That is much harder ;-). Indeed, though I am more optimistic about that having seen a couple of people have indicated that they don't mind too much what we choose so long as it unlikely to cause future problems. Best Wishes Phillip
