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From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
To: Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: don@goodman-wilson.com, stolee@gmail.com, peff@peff.net,
	sandals@crustytoothpaste.net,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] init: allow overriding the default branch name for new repositories
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:35:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <be09ffbb-4e38-5b67-54da-0b60d5e2d8c3@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <90912e32da1192cfc3b39a18cb606caa46e85b1c.1591823971.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On 10/06/2020 22:19, Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget wrote:
> From: Don Goodman-Wilson <don@goodman-wilson.com>
> 
> There is a growing number of projects trying to avoid the non-inclusive
> name `master` in their repositories.

I think it would be helpful to explain why 'master' is no-inclusive even
if it originates from the concept of a master copy. i.e. it suggests
master/slave even if git is not based on that concept.

Have you got some examples of projects that have changed and the names
that they are using? I think it would be helpful if we can agree on a
replacement for master - if every repository uses a different name for
its main branch it adds an extra complication for new contributors to
those projects.

 For existing repositories, this
> requires manual work. For new repositories, the only way to do that
> automatically is by copying all of Git's template directory, then
> hard-coding the desired default branch name into the `.git/HEAD` file,
> and then configuring `init.templateDir` to point to those copied
> template files.
> 
> To make this process much less cumbersome, let's introduce support for
> `core.defaultBranchName`. That way, users won't need to keep their
> copied template files up to date, and won't interfere with default hooks
> installed by their administrators.
> 
> While at it, also let users set the default branch name via the
> environment variable `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME`,

I'm not sure we usually promote the use of GIT_TEST_... environment
variables outside of the test suite.

> in preparation for
> adjusting Git's test suite to a more inclusive default branch name. As
> is common in Git, the `GIT_TEST_*` variable takes precedence over the
> config setting.
> 
> Note: we use the prefix `core.` instead of `init.` because we want to
> adjust also `git clone`, `git fmt-merge-msg` and other commands over the
> course of the next commits to respect this setting.
> 
> Helped-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> Helped-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Don Goodman-Wilson <don@goodman-wilson.com>
> ---
>  builtin/init-db.c |  8 +++++---
>  refs.c            | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  refs.h            |  6 ++++++
>  t/t0001-init.sh   | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c
> index 0b7222e7188..99792adfd43 100644
> --- a/builtin/init-db.c
> +++ b/builtin/init-db.c
> @@ -258,15 +258,17 @@ static int create_default_files(const char *template_path,
>  		die("failed to set up refs db: %s", err.buf);
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * Create the default symlink from ".git/HEAD" to the "master"
> -	 * branch, if it does not exist yet.
> +	 * Create the default symlink from ".git/HEAD" to the default
> +	 * branch name, if it does not exist yet.
>  	 */
>  	path = git_path_buf(&buf, "HEAD");
>  	reinit = (!access(path, R_OK)
>  		  || readlink(path, junk, sizeof(junk)-1) != -1);
>  	if (!reinit) {
> -		if (create_symref("HEAD", "refs/heads/master", NULL) < 0)
> +		char *default_ref = git_default_branch_name(0);
> +		if (create_symref("HEAD", default_ref, NULL) < 0)
>  			exit(1);
> +		free(default_ref);
>  	}
>  
>  	initialize_repository_version(fmt->hash_algo);
> diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
> index 224ff66c7bb..8499b3865cb 100644
> --- a/refs.c
> +++ b/refs.c
> @@ -560,6 +560,40 @@ void expand_ref_prefix(struct argv_array *prefixes, const char *prefix)
>  		argv_array_pushf(prefixes, *p, len, prefix);
>  }
>  
> +char *git_default_branch_name(int short_name)
> +{
> +	const char *branch_name = getenv("GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME");
> +	char *from_config = NULL, *prefixed;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If the default branch name was not specified via the environment
> +	 * variable GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME, retrieve it from the config
> +	 * setting core.defaultBranchName. If neither are set, fall back to the
> +	 * hard-coded default.
> +	 */
> +	if (!branch_name || !*branch_name) {
> +		if (git_config_get_string("core.defaultbranchname",
> +					  &from_config) < 0)
> +			die(_("Could not retrieve `core.defaultBranchName`"));
> +
> +		if (from_config)
> +			branch_name = from_config;
> +		else
> +			branch_name = "master";
> +	}
> +
> +	if (short_name)
> +		return from_config ? from_config : xstrdup(branch_name);

If short_name is set we return without validating the name is that
intentional?

> +
> +	/* prepend "refs/heads/" to the branch name */
> +	prefixed = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", branch_name);
> +	if (check_refname_format(prefixed, 0))
> +		die(_("invalid default branch name: '%s'"), branch_name);
> +
> +	free(from_config);
> +	return prefixed;
> +}
> +
>  /*
>   * *string and *len will only be substituted, and *string returned (for
>   * later free()ing) if the string passed in is a magic short-hand form
> diff --git a/refs.h b/refs.h
> index a92d2c74c83..e8d4f6e2f13 100644
> --- a/refs.h
> +++ b/refs.h
> @@ -154,6 +154,12 @@ int repo_dwim_log(struct repository *r, const char *str, int len, struct object_
>  int dwim_ref(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref);
>  int dwim_log(const char *str, int len, struct object_id *oid, char **ref);
>  
> +/*
> + * Retrieves the name of the default branch. If `short_name` is non-zero, the
> + * branch name will be prefixed with "refs/heads/".

Isn't the other way around - the branch name is prefixed with
"refs/heads/" if short is zero.

> + */
> +char *git_default_branch_name(int short_name);
> +
>  /*
>   * A ref_transaction represents a collection of reference updates that
>   * should succeed or fail together.
> diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
> index 1edd5aeb8f0..b144cd8f46b 100755
> --- a/t/t0001-init.sh
> +++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
> @@ -464,4 +464,24 @@ test_expect_success MINGW 'redirect std handles' '
>  	grep "Needed a single revision" output.txt
>  '
>  
> +test_expect_success 'custom default branch name from config' '
> +	git config --global core.defaultbranchname nmb &&

In tests we usually use 'test_config' rather than 'git config' as the
former automatically cleans up the config at the end of the test.

> +	GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME= git init custom-config &&
> +	git config --global --unset core.defaultbranchname &&
> +	git -C custom-config symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
> +	grep nmb actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'custom default branch name from env' '
> +	GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME=nmb git init custom-env &&

It would be good to test that this overrides the config setting

Best Wishes

Phillip

> +	git -C custom-env symbolic-ref HEAD >actual &&
> +	grep nmb actual
> +'
> +
> +test_expect_success 'invalid custom default branch name' '
> +	test_must_fail env GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_BRANCH_NAME="with space" \
> +		git init custom-invalid 2>err &&
> +	test_i18ngrep "invalid default branch name" err
> +'
> +
>  test_done
> 


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-06-11  9:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 180+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-10 21:19 [PATCH 0/9] Allow overriding the default name of the default branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 1/9] init: allow overriding the default branch name for new repositories Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 23:22   ` brian m. carlson
2020-06-11  0:16   ` Eric Sunshine
2020-06-11 14:09     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11 15:28       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-16 12:45     ` Jeff King
2020-06-16 12:47       ` Jeff King
2020-06-18 13:08         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 20:32       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11  9:35   ` Phillip Wood [this message]
2020-06-12 11:55     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 16:51       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-14 22:00         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 10:00         ` Phillip Wood
2020-06-11 10:23   ` Alban Gruin
2020-06-11 23:14     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11 23:46       ` brian m. carlson
2020-06-12 12:45         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-13 18:01       ` Alban Gruin
2020-06-14  8:57         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-16 12:25           ` Jeff King
2020-06-18 10:17             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 2/9] remote: respect `core.defaultBranchName` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-16 12:35   ` Jeff King
2020-06-18 10:21     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-18 11:50       ` Jeff King
2020-06-23 21:15         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 3/9] send-pack/transport-helper: " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 4/9] testsvn: " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 5/9] submodule: use the (possibly overridden) default branch name Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 10:46   ` Denton Liu
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 6/9] clone: learn about the possibly-configured " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 22:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 7/9] fmt-merge-msg: " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 22:59   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 8/9] fast-export: respect the possibly-overridden " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-10 21:54   ` Matt Rogers
2020-06-10 23:25     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-10 23:39     ` brian m. carlson
2020-06-11  0:20       ` Matt Rogers
2020-06-11  5:26         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11 14:05           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11 15:05             ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11 16:44               ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11 18:18                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 12:07                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 12:32                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 12:03               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 12:50                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 12:53               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 13:18                 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 15:19                   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 15:22                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-13  5:00                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-12 15:14                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-13 11:49                   ` Johannes Sixt
2020-06-13 16:25                     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-13 14:47                       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-13 18:49                         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-14  8:55                           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-17 20:06                             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-23 21:11                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 21:32                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-13 14:44                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11 13:57     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11 18:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-12 12:07         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-10 21:19 ` [PATCH 9/9] Document how the default branch name can be overridden Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-11  0:18   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-10 23:11 ` [PATCH 0/9] Allow overriding the default name of the default branch Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11  5:42   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-11 13:44   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-11 14:44     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-10 23:41 ` brian m. carlson
2020-06-11  1:07 ` Taylor Blau
2020-06-11 14:33   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 10:03 ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-06-14 22:26   ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-16  0:19     ` Denton Liu
2020-06-23 20:10       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 23:10   ` brian m. carlson
2020-06-15 12:50 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 01/12] fast-export: do anonymize the primary branch name Junio C Hamano via GitGitGadget
2020-06-16 12:58     ` Jeff King
2020-06-17 18:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-17 21:23         ` Jeff King
2020-06-18  2:06           ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-18  6:30             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18  7:13               ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-18 11:45             ` Jeff King
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 02/12] fmt-merge-msg: introduce a way to override the main " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 15:00     ` Phillip Wood
2020-06-23 12:31       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 17:05     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-23 19:19       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-16  8:46     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-06-17 18:21       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-16 13:04     ` Jeff King
2020-06-17 18:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-18 13:15         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-17 20:56     ` Johannes Sixt
2020-06-17 21:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-23 21:12         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 03/12] send-pack/transport-helper: respect `core.mainBranch` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 04/12] git_main_branch_name(): optionally report the full ref name Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 15:04     ` Phillip Wood
2020-06-23 19:17       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 05/12] fast-export: handle overridden main branch names correctly Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 15:05     ` Phillip Wood
2020-06-16 13:10       ` Jeff King
2020-06-16 15:49         ` Phillip Wood
2020-06-18 10:08         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 17:09     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-23 19:22       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 06/12] branch -m: adjust `core.mainBranch` if necessary Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 07/12] init: allow specifying the main branch name for the new repository Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 08/12] init: allow overriding the default main branch name via the config Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 09/12] clone: handle overridden main branch names Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-16 13:22     ` Jeff King
2020-06-23 20:58       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 10/12] remote: learn about the possibly-overridden default main branch name Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 11/12] submodule: use the correct default for the " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-16 13:46     ` Jeff King
2020-06-23 21:03       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 21:14         ` Jeff King
2020-06-15 12:50   ` [PATCH v2 12/12] testsvn: respect `init.defaultBranch` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-16 13:51     ` Jeff King
2020-06-23 21:07       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Allow overriding the default name of the default branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] fmt-merge-msg: stop treating `master` specially Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 16:16       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-25 13:07         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] send-pack/transport-helper: avoid mentioning a particular branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24  0:36       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 12:44         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-24 15:44           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-25 13:05             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 3/8] submodule: use a better fall-back for missing remote.<name>.branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24  2:18       ` Philippe Blain
2020-06-24 12:51         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] init: allow specifying the initial branch name for the new repository Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24  0:58       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 12:55         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] init: allow setting the default for the initial branch name via the config Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24  1:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 12:56         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-24 16:25           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] clone: use configured default branch name when appropriate Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] remote: use the " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24  1:10       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 13:00         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-23 22:33     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] testsvn: respect `init.defaultBranch` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46     ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Allow overriding the default name of the default branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 1/9] fmt-merge-msg: stop treating `master` specially Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-29 16:20         ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-06-29 13:27           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-30 15:05             ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2020-07-01 10:39               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-07-01 19:54                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 2/9] send-pack/transport-helper: avoid mentioning a particular branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 3/9] submodule: fall back to remote's HEAD for missing remote.<name>.branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 16:17         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 4/9] docs: add missing diamond brackets Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 5/9] init: allow specifying the initial branch name for the new repository Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 6/9] init: allow setting the default for the initial branch name via the config Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 7/9] clone: use configured default branch name when appropriate Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 8/9] remote: use the " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 14:46       ` [PATCH v4 9/9] testsvn: respect `init.defaultBranch` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-06-24 16:26       ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Allow overriding the default name of the default branch Junio C Hamano
2020-06-25 13:03         ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-29 22:41       ` brian m. carlson
2020-07-12 13:03         ` Edward Thomson
2020-07-12  8:19           ` Johannes Schindelin
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2020-07-14 14:55               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-06-16  9:47 ` [PATCH " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2020-06-16 14:09   ` Jeff King
2020-06-16 14:24     ` Jeff King
2020-06-23 20:28       ` Johannes Schindelin
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