From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2C721F66F for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 16:10:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726944AbgKDQKU (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 11:10:20 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33392 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726539AbgKDQKS (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 11:10:18 -0500 Received: from mail-vs1-xe34.google.com (mail-vs1-xe34.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e34]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 90662C0613D3 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 08:10:18 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe34.google.com with SMTP id w25so11760501vsk.9 for ; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 08:10:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=AbiUqZjgi5Ta3lz6Xiob/oROtRGCwIH5upgkoxUjL7k=; b=EMpAJ8lp1LBEcPXuGRJtHgNiNHUVBGBUAcPUwhC2iyvLo7i0EXKGta8gHschzpgdFY uzGVqHeVoE6e5XhBsMOmVpp7XoAjO6mFDEKHp9FPlY2VL+bAuk6Tc4nIiLXmQ25wTirX 1HBqm3sOUOytmuUv38NAEc1Dr1BuyYAk6BPiLeYidi2VY941K7Q6lsw3tybUj1n+ZF3Q Z07fgrRigP9yVyZTr/gzYZ+MsKAefPAtrgx8EXw4f66YKYO+uDDv7kMRaBJutlD+ZjH5 6qdO2dAiKhG4AwBT8ecAa+HCem2U4LJfviFJ/OY4yCQENbJXkWuBfloon6cL9lqZsCZ7 JecA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=AbiUqZjgi5Ta3lz6Xiob/oROtRGCwIH5upgkoxUjL7k=; b=gX6+uAz5P+zL+qicg/tzXWJru6f/WQB7B53zLSYtFBm8ASAYb55fgn5EgdDhTL9J5I l8+S4DWnH0WFhRQtWlobkyyxbRIFQ/NZlTOdGbMRbrQaiC0ayOFTvpMXQDPkvsg+g3Yw bAUnIpqhQu7Q7w1IvaMJzqqI21ECo1rvkZqb4GW929ELCcTLy/bUwZIbivR5wGWb1Tve jl7oUjqEu5h+uIKK3BLyFTvFPRHqgMnh3H5HOH7cTwu1M1mV5RrlGvceRL8fV9t7EhN2 b08H7RU8LNWviBM9Z4jVUTdxYz0lEtli+05ikkJ2pWQhhSsGAm/WCXNgx+BNYsPQ4MKl PRJg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531z8RACCDIKjb7FhBPMd2DeBycziYiSSo1bjSqfA/Cm4uVqTc9Y bVcmojDI9qrlDpOF4eyzQ4FPJDQAdMiDiiPN0dxcVPVxVCcevg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxrunu4w9DBiKhok4Ex+2glmB/8I6akaK7DZK1bPK9nZp6mMmZddPqzfyMrb5R1XO1iYeqpwxBlf3owf4p9emE= X-Received: by 2002:a67:d06:: with SMTP id 6mr10220363vsn.51.1604506217526; Wed, 04 Nov 2020 08:10:17 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Alex Marginean Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 18:10:06 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: BUG To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="00000000000022ca1205b34a3795" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org --00000000000022ca1205b34a3795 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hey, Github has changed the way they name branches, so now instead of the `master` branch there is the `main` branch however, I'm having some trouble with the naming **Steps to replicate my problem** 1. Create a new Github repository and make sure the default branch is `main` 2. Add something to the repo, a `README.md` file should be enough 3. Instead of cloning the repo make a new directory with your repo's name `mkdir ` and change the directory to it `cd ` 4. `git init` 5. Add the remote repo with `git remote add origin ` 6. Pull the `main` branch from the remote repo with `git pull origin main`. After the step number 6. instead of my branch changing to `main` my current branch is changed to `master` which has every file and change of the branch `main`. This is a real problem because if I try to push changes to `main` although my current branch shows up as `master` it creates another branch called `master` on Github and the `main` remains unchanged. Yeah sure I can `git checkout main` after that and make my changes there but I'm not sure why it defaults to `master` and copies `main` from Github into local branch `master`. P.S. If you were to use `git fetch origin` instead of `git pull origin and then manually change branch to `main` with `git checkout main` it would work. Also, if you were to clone the Github repo using `git clone ` you will get the correct current branch that is `main`. Sincerely, Alex --00000000000022ca1205b34a3795 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"; name="git-bugreport-2020-11-04-1731.txt" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="git-bugreport-2020-11-04-1731.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-ID: X-Attachment-Id: f_kh3ljcu30 VGhhbmsgeW91IGZvciBmaWxsaW5nIG91dCBhIEdpdCBidWcgcmVwb3J0IQpQbGVhc2UgYW5zd2Vy IHRoZSBmb2xsb3dpbmcgcXVlc3Rpb25zIHRvIGhlbHAgdXMgdW5kZXJzdGFuZCB5b3VyIGlzc3Vl LgoKV2hhdCBkaWQgeW91IGRvIGJlZm9yZSB0aGUgYnVnIGhhcHBlbmVkPyAoU3RlcHMgdG8gcmVw cm9kdWNlIHlvdXIgaXNzdWUpCgpHaXRodWIgaGFzIGNoYW5nZWQgdGhlIHdheSB0aGV5IG5hbWUg YnJhbmNoZXMsIHNvIG5vdyBpbnN0ZWFkIG9mIHRoZSBgbWFzdGVyYCBicmFuY2ggdGhlcmUgaXMg dGhlIGBtYWluYCBicmFuY2ggaG93ZXZlciwgSSdtIGhhdmluZyBzb21lIHRyb3VibGUgd2l0aCB0 aGUgbmFtaW5nCgoxLiBDcmVhdGUgYSBuZXcgR2l0aHViIHJlcG9zaXRvcnkgYW5kIG1ha2Ugc3Vy ZSB0aGUgZGVmYXVsdCBicmFuY2ggaXMgYG1haW5gCjIuIEFkZCBzb21ldGhpbmcgdG8gdGhlIHJl cG8sIGEgYFJFQURNRS5tZGAgZmlsZSBzaG91bGQgYmUgZW5vdWdoCjMuIEluc3RlYWQgb2YgY2xv bmluZyB0aGUgcmVwbyBtYWtlIGEgbmV3IGRpcmVjdG9yeSB3aXRoIHlvdXIgcmVwbydzIG5hbWUg YG1rZGlyIDxyZXBvX25hbWU+YCBhbmQgY2hhbmdlIHRoZSBkaXJlY3RvcnkgdG8gaXQgYGNkIDxy ZXBvX25hbWU+YAo0LiBgZ2l0IGluaXRgCjUuIEFkZCB0aGUgcmVtb3RlIHJlcG8gd2l0aCBgZ2l0 IHJlbW90ZSBhZGQgb3JpZ2luIDxyZXBvX2xpbms+YAo2LiBQdWxsIHRoZSBgbWFpbmAgYnJhbmNo IGZyb20gdGhlIHJlbW90ZSByZXBvIHdpdGggYGdpdCBwdWxsIG9yaWdpbiBtYWluYC4KCldoYXQg ZGlkIHlvdSBleHBlY3QgdG8gaGFwcGVuPyAoRXhwZWN0ZWQgYmVoYXZpb3IpCgpBZnRlciBzdGVw IDYuIEkgZXhwZWN0ZWQgdG8gYmUgc3dpdGNoZWQgdG8gYSBicmFuY2ggY2FsbGVkIGBtYWluYCB0 aGF0IHdvdWxkIGluY2x1ZGUgZXZlcnkgZmlsZSBhbmQgY2hhbmdlIGZyb20gdGhlIGBtYWluYCBi cmFuY2ggb24gdGhlIG9yaWdpbi4gCgpXaGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIGluc3RlYWQ/IChBY3R1YWwgYmVo YXZpb3IpCgpBZnRlciB0aGUgc3RlcCBudW1iZXIgNi4gaW5zdGVhZCBvZiBteSBicmFuY2ggY2hh bmdpbmcgdG8gYG1haW5gIG15IGN1cnJlbnQgYnJhbmNoIGlzIGNoYW5nZWQgdG8gYG1hc3RlcmAg d2hpY2ggaGFzIGV2ZXJ5IGZpbGUgYW5kIGNoYW5nZSBvZiB0aGUgYnJhbmNoIGBtYWluYC4gVGhp cyBpcyBhIHJlYWwgcHJvYmxlbSBiZWNhdXNlIGlmIEkgdHJ5IHRvIHB1c2ggY2hhbmdlcyB0byBg bWFpbmAgYWx0aG91Z2ggbXkgY3VycmVudCBicmFuY2ggc2hvd3MgdXAgYXMgYG1hc3RlcmAgaXQg Y3JlYXRlcyBhbm90aGVyIGJyYW5jaCBjYWxsZWQgYG1hc3RlcmAgb24gR2l0aHViIGFuZCB0aGUg YG1haW5gIHJlbWFpbnMgdW5jaGFuZ2VkLiBZZWFoIHN1cmUgSSBjYW4gYGdpdCBjaGVja291dCBt YWluYCBhZnRlciB0aGF0IGFuZCBtYWtlIG15IGNoYW5nZXMgdGhlcmUgYnV0IEknbSBub3Qgc3Vy ZSB3aHkgaXQgZGVmYXVsdHMgdG8gYG1hc3RlcmAgYW5kIGNvcGllcyBgbWFpbmAgZnJvbSBHaXRo dWIgaW50byBsb2NhbCBicmFuY2ggYG1hc3RlcmAuCgpXaGF0J3MgZGlmZmVyZW50IGJldHdlZW4g d2hhdCB5b3UgZXhwZWN0ZWQgYW5kIHdoYXQgYWN0dWFsbHkgaGFwcGVuZWQ/CgpUaGUgbmFtZSBv ZiB0aGUgYnJhbmNoIGFuZCB0aGUgZHVwbGljYXRpb24gb2YgdGhlIGBtYWluYCBicmFuY2ggdG8g YSBicmFuY2ggY2FsbGVkIGBtYXN0ZXJgLgoKQW55dGhpbmcgZWxzZSB5b3Ugd2FudCB0byBhZGQ6 CgpQLlMuIElmIHlvdSB3ZXJlIHRvIHVzZSBgZ2l0IGZldGNoIG9yaWdpbmAgaW5zdGVhZCBvZiBg Z2l0IHB1bGwgb3JpZ2luIDxicmFuY2hfbmFtZT4gYW5kIHRoZW4gbWFudWFsbHkgY2hhbmdlIGJy YW5jaCB0byBgbWFpbmAgd2l0aCBgZ2l0IGNoZWNrb3V0IG1haW5gIGl0IHdvdWxkIHdvcmsuIEFs c28sIGlmIHlvdSB3ZXJlIHRvIGNsb25lIHRoZSBHaXRodWIgcmVwbyB1c2luZyBgZ2l0IGNsb25l IDxsaW5rPmAgeW91IHdpbGwgZ2V0IHRoZSBjb3JyZWN0IGN1cnJlbnQgYnJhbmNoIHRoYXQgaXMg YG1haW5gLgoKUGxlYXNlIHJldmlldyB0aGUgcmVzdCBvZiB0aGUgYnVnIHJlcG9ydCBiZWxvdy4K WW91IGNhbiBkZWxldGUgYW55IGxpbmVzIHlvdSBkb24ndCB3aXNoIHRvIHNoYXJlLgoKCltTeXN0 ZW0gSW5mb10KZ2l0IHZlcnNpb246CmdpdCB2ZXJzaW9uIDIuMjkuMgpjcHU6IHg4Nl82NApubyBj b21taXQgYXNzb2NpYXRlZCB3aXRoIHRoaXMgYnVpbGQKc2l6ZW9mLWxvbmc6IDgKc2l6ZW9mLXNp emVfdDogOApzaGVsbC1wYXRoOiAvYmluL3NoCnVuYW1lOiBEYXJ3aW4gMTkuNi4wIERhcndpbiBL ZXJuZWwgVmVyc2lvbiAxOS42LjA6IE1vbiBBdWcgMzEgMjI6MTI6NTIgUERUIDIwMjA7IHJvb3Q6 eG51LTYxNTMuMTQxLjJ+MS9SRUxFQVNFX1g4Nl82NCB4ODZfNjQKY29tcGlsZXIgaW5mbzogY2xh bmc6IDEyLjAuMCAoY2xhbmctMTIwMC4wLjMyLjIxKQpsaWJjIGluZm86IG5vIGxpYmMgaW5mb3Jt YXRpb24gYXZhaWxhYmxlCiRTSEVMTCAodHlwaWNhbGx5LCBpbnRlcmFjdGl2ZSBzaGVsbCk6IC9i aW4venNoCgoKW0VuYWJsZWQgSG9va3NdCm5vdCBydW4gZnJvbSBhIGdpdCByZXBvc2l0b3J5IC0g bm8gaG9va3MgdG8gc2hvdwo= --00000000000022ca1205b34a3795--