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=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,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 2E24C1F55B for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726314AbgFLQvT (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:51:19 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49572 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726268AbgFLQvT (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:51:19 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-x941.google.com (mail-ua1-x941.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::941]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 129DBC03E96F for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:51:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ua1-x941.google.com with SMTP id b10so3451974uaf.0 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:51:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=bWzZT8ukEJGWr4msZlU+xUcgrEBLuKx+CPVy6kScDNY=; b=KTTOHXZjpxb8Km1wvkZP0GSyxrRUuEZ0NFSmt24Fs+JX9zg7pMBqgy6YQ5znUy4T8C UF3bzXkF15y08q8bSEig0G2lNz6AIaeCyMcy8p6JfC2nVxqBzCzXepgFi4CGQ/9Eut5x jOQmQF38SCZsf1+nod+uTHHmmwGIAwUV4iGWpFeE0j08SV61b/hZiZSQersWsC17eQkH SYDz7j/yquTSCXKReRi3nvROImYgkyZA3BUed6Zxhxw2kOXxcgB47b58feimiLY02run te/+QNjEW8mOS+oOyxEcbZ0m13UqYfl24tc5nSRpQfEjLslCP0qFMWkkMh04ho+q5ILp tIgg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=bWzZT8ukEJGWr4msZlU+xUcgrEBLuKx+CPVy6kScDNY=; b=JDyTFUDPJgKL7vUFI5q7728BGDNfsUEL0vJ3A8oYRX5ZCOMm4tplYh2B39poo0P6D8 EgUpPNDKOHuTF/iigjy9NYHIyOdn1lhXRkI/y4QiQJDyhznuS4jHCrWT/fVDVtcgiOAG WWwsbWohzMjqk8xCp+1rp7gKO1RiWx3ydDoqVZFZHa4V8VimgDHkiGE8drWA7lY/Jxqf INwqGBmKzrSsAD5uoSzPB1RSHttkqrVMl/nmEkAkC2xst42QOxgI7KKh3avVBKSiZYOj bb80fzR3DVFhfHoScxHpbQdi+GT/B4j4BVoaaMzjinatj3OoQKy2F+auj9Q5QCqEjy6F Hh6g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531qoZ6j/dxuQ2nauQi18m/VOVOcM79YtO8yYtecC2Epeo8A8jdn ob+oU16T07XQ/zSr0o/TjxI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwG0XcLkw+StnEOOSOQbKh4sbCdw94wLnHsOP02oALd2006XgI91oW5I63mCNPfqhgGNT7Zcw== X-Received: by 2002:ab0:b0d:: with SMTP id b13mr10917989uak.70.1591980676201; Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:51:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (25.173.196.35.bc.googleusercontent.com. [35.196.173.25]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id b7sm898373vsc.13.2020.06.12.09.51.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:51:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Phillip Wood , Don Goodman-Wilson via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, don@goodman-wilson.com, stolee@gmail.com, peff@peff.net, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] init: allow overriding the default branch name for new repositories References: <90912e32da1192cfc3b39a18cb606caa46e85b1c.1591823971.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 09:51:14 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Johannes Schindelin's message of "Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:55:50 +0200 (CEST)") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Johannes Schindelin writes: > I added a _brief_ extension to the context to the first commit's commit > message. However, I do not want to go into details here because _this_ > patch series is only about empowering users to change their default main > branch name. Sensible. And I do not think the planned follow-up work to rename 'master' to something else needs to be defended with lengthy history lessons. Sufficiently large part of the user population are unhappy with the use of the word 'master' as the default name of the primary branch in a newly created repository, and the mere fact that we are aware of that is good enough justification to move _away_ from 'master'. In other words, we do not have to explain why 'master' was bad, as it does not have to be bad for everybody to be replaced. But you need to defend that the new word you picked is something everybody is happy with. That is much harder ;-).