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Re: generating a git repo: main instead of master
From: |
Uwe Brauer |
Subject: |
Re: generating a git repo: main instead of master |
Date: |
Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:43:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> <tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
> On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 09:03:25AM +0100, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> It seems that more and more public repositories expect that the
>> principal git branch should be «main» instead of «master»
>>
>>
>> However, the following steps in emacs lead to a git repository, where
>> the principal branch is master instead of main.
> You can change the master branch name to main with
> git branch -m master main
> (think "move"). It is polite to coordinate with other people who
> might have cloned your repo :)
Yeah, I find this all a bit messy to be honest. I'd prefer there would
be a common standard [1]
> To change the default at git init
> git config --global init.defaultBranch main
> (git >= 2.28)
Oh I am still using 2.7.2 oh and also the command does not return error
it also does not work... time to upgrade!?
Uwe
> Cheers
Footnotes:
[1] (no flamewar, but mercurial called its principal branch default
right from the beginning, although I did not like the name, I do
appreciate it now)
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