On Mon, Jun 15 2020, Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote: > From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@xxxxxx> > +core.mainBranch:: > + The name of the main (or: primary) branch in the current repository. > + For historical reasons, `master` is used as the fall-back for this > + setting. Everywhere else in git-config(1) we just say something to the effect of the more brief: The name of the main (or: primary) branch in the current repository (`master` by default). I think we should do the same here for consistency & ease of reading. As you note at the start of this series we're not changing the default yet, so referring to the current default as historical is putting the cart before the horse as far as producing self-contained patch serieses goes.