From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Cc: "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
Git <git@vger.kernel.org>, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
Don Goodman-Wilson <don@goodman-wilson.com>
Subject: Re: The master branch rename, and avoiding another v1.6.0 git-foo fiasco
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 00:14:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201113051408.GA3985404@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMP44s1U1FevS7NrAYxvgVyzfR5tnD9-+BbPdw5bKnaNHkyD+A@mail.gmail.com>
Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm very confused about what is going
to be changed that you are concerned about. What is it precisely that
going to be happening (or which you think is going to be happening)
which is causing you concern?
Is it changing the default branch name when creating a new repository?
(Which affects only people creating new repositories)
Is it renaming the master branch for the git repo? (which affects
people who are developing or tracking git via the repository, as
opposed to using a pre-packaged git provided by their Linux
Distributions / OS).
Is it improving the tools so that other projects can more easily
rename their primary development branch from master to main? (Which
many projects have been doing *already*, without not a lot of Sturm
und Drang as near as I can tell, at least in many/most cases.)
Is it removing places in the git program where "master" is treated
specially (e.g., in how the default text for merge descrtipion is
worded)?
What, specifically, is the "backwards incompatible change" that you
are most worried about? Because many projects have already been
renaming their primary development branch from master to main
*already*.
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-13 5:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-13 0:04 The master branch rename, and avoiding another v1.6.0 git-foo fiasco Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 1:01 ` brian m. carlson
2020-11-13 4:27 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 5:14 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o [this message]
2020-11-13 6:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 14:58 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-11-13 15:37 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 16:08 ` Michal Suchánek
2020-11-14 14:19 ` Lukasz Niemier
2020-11-15 3:46 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-11-15 4:27 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-19 1:02 ` Brandon Casey
2020-11-19 4:16 ` Peter Hadlaw
2020-11-19 13:37 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2020-11-19 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-19 23:29 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-20 19:14 ` Konstantin Ryabitsev
2020-11-19 21:29 ` Brandon Casey
2020-11-20 0:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 6:09 ` Don Goodman-Wilson
[not found] ` <nbCkLegnP_kb-16UzAuDChE0p68ZtRD_3ZN3o3BJHYBYpUxTWuKjvhCSKT7zRZl_sckHrkyJl2fwePFUBR-HtDcEV0rHuac6Ygg-FrrYsYI=@goodman-wilson.com>
2020-11-13 6:47 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-13 13:53 ` Philippe Blain
2020-11-13 15:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-23 15:39 ` Whinis
2020-11-20 18:38 ` Ismael Luceno
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