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=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_BLOCKED, 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 7407C1F4B4 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2393914AbgLKAR2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:17:28 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54750 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730369AbgLKAQp (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Dec 2020 19:16:45 -0500 Received: from mail-wr1-x442.google.com (mail-wr1-x442.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::442]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0AB7C0613CF for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:16:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wr1-x442.google.com with SMTP id t16so7287858wra.3 for ; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:16:04 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=MNn4p5CUtJKoDrVQZG/IDS2W0KtwX5tS2TknBOE3Hw0=; b=Ty4jGSNukGNu8IQSun065to+sNbc3+jmqKPxNcyGNye7uD3/TbCe4qIwCUyvzhZaj0 aB0X5NfMiSgC0g3jnTtEtcZVIaNH0HMYEz9rmfOMeLBqNxPL9xQiafgFMagfd6Ntz7UB XA08Rv66EUPL9DHwyeFOY1KjM63byW/g59Vz8h2ishkJWA5+uYLv/z+F8KrnMMeIk5F8 O7xOhW+lCtW6a6smC//EtyzInzHzwDgXz/V+Mcf7HCeinPc1ckSgxWtdk9jNkcDSd/5n 3aaNwAm3456aaHLXWy7MB/AMa7bDbP6uLv2KAw2Nq0nqovJSNqgSa2w2ywOCByrx+vLY pWKQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=MNn4p5CUtJKoDrVQZG/IDS2W0KtwX5tS2TknBOE3Hw0=; b=s6oNxFXJfST/AdToUI109yGaTxhXD70xdIlGbRTQkBSA2Pu/NZqQ+w1qqiCx0h2OeG BkWZCnfAXDaXAIfI8pwZiJYXSShmtUteOv5kMWHL9q0f0ISYVtnezlgjNmwAKUjoWk4x /OFQDlcOTu50TxBcRYBYkkBo5o8r+wyD678k0kETAFgylDbgVSFMgM+7OoZkSRle+FOZ 1HV4mTBmvbq8zPfVbwfVbzCkINdLTuIO6cJQXuJYhnKFxhi9EF/CuMI6gR5pjKN04Pz0 Mhf6FUDlL1Z/+LRR1TTg9W3diM1dGguj9RiQP5AL2m+gwFAcrx+z8LXzCTkyGnYoT5zn Vtng== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532fAmBH4olBdJe+rJ2htK/Mu6fiClNT75+6hXD6hI1oUBSZGqQE 9zjOt5gJXeGszYvnpP3J+VqznQFuPX7ry7arj1Q= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzoo8QGTo/vyBXcEmTkcdRYxtdvQL+qCJ5ErcrRNJLzgcMJreclVShTdoW11bLR9lk9uaq24xm0f6mesN25x7I= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:52c1:: with SMTP id r1mr10904042wrv.255.1607645763608; Thu, 10 Dec 2020 16:16:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2f21c505d560132b4563849f955554fc7d79a9cb.1607637517.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2f21c505d560132b4563849f955554fc7d79a9cb.1607637517.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> From: Felipe Contreras Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:52 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch To: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget Cc: Git , Johannes Schindelin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:58 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget wrote: > +static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_( > +"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name\n" > +"is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all\n" > +"of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:\n" > +"\n" > +"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch \n" > +"\n" > +"Common names are 'main', 'trunk' and 'development'. The initial branch\n" This is disingenuous; the most common name is "master"... by far. In a couple years this might change, but not right now. If you don't want to mention "master", then don't mention "common names" that are not really the most common names. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras