js/init-defaultbranch-advice, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Dec 2020, #01; Tue, 8)

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Hi Junio,

On Tue, 8 Dec 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> * js/init-defaultbranch-advice (2020-11-24) 4 commits
>  - init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch
>  - get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice
>  - branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch
>  - init: document `init.defaultBranch` better
>
>  Our users are going to be trained to prepare for future change of
>  init.defaultBranch configuration variable.
>
>  Expecting a reroll.
>  cf. <xmqq8saqjx2n.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  I think a new advice.defaultBranchName is a bad idea.

Unfortunately, this objection is news to me. Why would it be anything but
a legitimate interest to say "yeah, whatever, Git, just use the default
branch name, I'm fine with it"?

Ciao,
Dscho




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