On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:10 PM Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > This is the big one. This changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main, > > reflecting what many open source projects already did (which was followed by > > GitHub, Azure Repos and others). > > Can we please not simply replace one hard coded branch name with > another? I thought precisely the same thing. This should be easy to do if we make "origin" be a pseudo ref that points to "origin/HEAD" (and we could introduce "origin/@"). That way there will never be a need to type "origin/master", or having it as an upstream, you can simply set "origin" as the upstream tracking "branch". > I don't look in on the git list very often so perhaps I am missing a > conversation where all of the details were thought through. If so > please point me at that conversation. Otherwise can we please use this > opportunity to come up with something that is actually better than > naming the default branch main, rather than just something just as > awkward whose only advantage is that people don't think it is > politically incorrect this week. This is the thread: https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAOAHyQwyXC1Z3v7BZAC+Bq6JBaM7FvBenA-1fcqeDV==apdWDg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ Unfortunately in my opinion the most important topics--like your suggestion--were not even mentioned. Everyone focused on the wrong thing (e.g. what would be a better name for "master"). Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras
