Hi,

On Thu, 11 Jun 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On 6/11/2020 7:59 AM, Don Goodman-Wilson wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de> wrote:
> >>> Indeed, the flexibility to choose the name of the default branch can be
> >>> helpful for projects with specific naming, especially non-english
> >>> speaking projects.
> >>>
> >>> To that end I would suggest adding -b argument to git init to be able to
> >>> choose the default branch name per project. This should select the
> >>> initial branch name and also write the it as the default branch name in
> >>> the repo configuration (if git continues to treat the default branch
> >>> specially).
> >>>
> >>> This can be used in documentation to use the new name immediately
> >>> without breaking existing workflows that rely on the 'master' branch.
> >>
> >> I _really_ like this idea (and your reasoning). Seconded.
> >
> > Yes, adding a -b|--branch option would be an excellent addition to
> > the config option.
>
> In the ideal world, users should be able to just set
> init.defaultBranchName in ~/.gitconfig once and forget about it.
> But it is expected that some projects and their tools may heavily
> depend on the assumption that the primary branch is called 'master'.
> Giving a command line override like "init -b" (and do not forget to
> do the same for "clone" as necessary) is a good escape hatch for
> members of such projects.

I agree, and I incorporated this already in the latest version I pushed to
https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/656.

Ciao,
Dscho