From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 18:07:30 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4klgq10d.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqft51osnu.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Sun, 22 Nov 2020 15:53:09 -0800")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>> +static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_(
>> +"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This name is subject\n"
>> +"to change. To configure the name to use as the initial branch name in\n"
>> +"new repositories, or to silence this warning, run:\n"
>
> s/new repositories/all of your new repositories/ as that is the
> whole point of using --global option below.
>
>> +"\n"
>> +"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch <name>\n"
>> +);
>> +
The above may give a valuable lesson to those who want to use one
branch name across new repositories, but it does not tell those who
wanted 'trunk' (to match the project, perhaps github.com/cli/cli,
with which they intend to interact) how to recover from having
already created the 'master' branch. We may want to add some text
to suggest "branch -M" after giving the advice for the permanent
option.
Also, it is unclear to those who do not have a good <name> in mind
(or, those who do not care to choose a <name> for themselves), what
<name> they should give to take the "or to silence this warning"
part of the advice. It probably is a good idea to rephrase and say
either:
... To configure ... in all your new repositories and squelch
this message, run:
git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
or
... To configure ... in all your new repositories, run:
git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
Note that this message won't appear after doing so.
I am offhand not sure which one is better.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-23 2:10 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 [this message]
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 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
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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