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From: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:20:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483e490349165223a80a0bdf7716c5189560c977.1606173607.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.921.v2.git.git.1606173607.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Our documentation does not mention any future plan to change 'master' to
other value. It is a good idea to document this, though.

Initial-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/git-init.txt | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 59ecda6c17..2b399cb73d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git`
 directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
-`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial `HEAD` file that
-references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
+`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial branch without any
+commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below
+for its name).
 
 If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
 to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path.
 -b <branch-name>::
 --initial-branch=<branch-name>::
 
-Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
-If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
+Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created
+repository.  If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
+`master`, but that will be changed in the future; the name can be customized
+via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
 
 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
 
-- 
gitgitgadget


  reply	other threads:[~2020-11-23 23:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-11-22 23:23 [PATCH 0/3] Add helpful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 1/3] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:40   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:07     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 3/3] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:53   ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23  2:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:28       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 18:40         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 20:46           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 21:28             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:26     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 12:49   ` Philip Oakley
2020-11-23 20:47     ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:20   ` Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget [this message]
2020-11-23 23:20   ` [PATCH v2 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:45     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24  5:47       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-24 20:14         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 23:20   ` [PATCH v2 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:20   ` [PATCH v2 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24  5:57       ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-24 20:53         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-09 14:47           ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-09 22:15             ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 12:12               ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-10 23:32                 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10  0:40             ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-24 15:07   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11  0:24         ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11  5:47           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11  6:26             ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11  5:59           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 21:58       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11  0:15         ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11  1:22           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11  0:47             ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-11  2:00             ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11 11:36       ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36         ` [PATCH v5 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36         ` [PATCH v5 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36         ` [PATCH v5 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36         ` [PATCH v5 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-02-02 21:24           ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-02-02 22:25             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-03  5:20               ` SZEDER Gábor

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