On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 7:23 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:58 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget > > <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> +static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_( > >> +"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name\n" > >> +"is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all\n" > >> +"of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:\n" > >> +"\n" > >> +"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch <name>\n" > >> +"\n" > >> +"Common names are 'main', 'trunk' and 'development'. The initial branch\n" > > > > This is disingenuous; the most common name is "master"... by far. In a > > couple years this might change, but not right now. > > > > If you don't want to mention "master", then don't mention "common > > names" that are not really the most common names. > > Names commonly chosen by those who want to move away from 'master' > are... But we don't want to spill drama into the user interface. I think the vast majority of users haven't heard of this drama. Just like the vast majority of users had not heard of the git-foo obsoletion even after several years. Our vantage point is skewed for being too close to Git development. Those users will ask: "who wants to move away from 'master'?" If we don't presume our users have the same knowledge as us, we have to explain: Names commonly chosen by those who want to move away from 'master' are; 'main', 'trunk', and 'development'. For more information read this post: https://dev.to/rhymu8354/git-renaming-the-master-branch-137b. I say don't. If the user wants to know why anyone would want to change "the default branch name", she can google it and find out. Cheer. -- Felipe Contreras
