From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: generating a git repo: main instead of master
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 10:27:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y3C4anHN6WH3r3An@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fsendzbb.fsf@mat.ucm.es>
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On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 09:38:16AM +0100, Uwe Brauer wrote:
> >>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
[...]
> > If you want "master" to be the default, then from the shell prompt, do
> > the below once:
>
> > $ git config --global init.defaultBranch main
>
> That is a bit too much, maybe since other public git servers still stick
> to master (bitbucket I think)
That shouldn't be an issue. This only sets the "default" branch when you
create a repo from scratch.
Choosing another default than "master" might confuse some people using
a very old git version [1]. But that's nothing unsurmountable.
Cheers
[1] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18726037/what-determines-default-branch-after-git-clone
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-13 9:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-13 8:03 generating a git repo: main instead of master Uwe Brauer
2022-11-13 8:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-13 8:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-11-13 8:38 ` Uwe Brauer
2022-11-13 9:27 ` tomas [this message]
2022-11-13 14:50 ` Björn Bidar
2022-11-13 8:26 ` Peter Hardy
2022-11-13 8:32 ` Teemu Likonen
2022-11-13 8:33 ` tomas
2022-11-13 8:43 ` Uwe Brauer
2022-11-13 9:22 ` tomas
2022-11-13 9:31 ` Jean Louis
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