Bence Ferdinandy <bence@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Consider the bare repository called "mirror" in the test. Running `git
> remote add --mirror -f origin ../one` will not change HEAD, consequently
> if init.defaultBranch is not the same as what HEAD in the remote
> ("one"), HEAD in "mirror" will be pointing to a non-existent reference.
> Hence if "mirror" is used as a remote by yet another repository,
> ls-remote will not show HEAD. On the other hand, if init.defaultBranch
> happens to match HEAD in "one", then ls-remote will show HEAD.
>
> Since the "ci/run-build-and-tests.sh" script globally exports
> GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main, there may be a drift in some
"main," -> "main for some (but not all) jobs," or something. IOW,
the point of that forced export is to test both.
> tests between how the test repositories are set up in the CI and during
> local testing, if the test itself uses "master" as default instead of
> "main".
