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Re: [PATCH] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch

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APAndy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2006, 16:25 UTC
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<200612141625.08485.andyparkins@gmail.com>
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141627090.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
On Thursday 2006 December 14 15:29, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> I do not agree. There is usually a principal branch, where you collect the
> topics, and you do want to treat that special. As for the name: better

While there might _usually_ be a principal branch; the special casing is _always_ hard coded.

> have a convention here than configurability. You would not want "git" to
> be called "guitar" for some users, just because they happen to like that
> name more, either, right?

You're correct; but we're talking about branch names not program names. Making "master" special rather than simply a default means git is dictating policy. It isn't git's place to decide what my branches are called, especially as it is git itself that lets me choose freely to begin with.

Andy
-- 
Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE
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  1. "master" should be treated no differently from any other branchAndy Parkins, Dec 14, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2006
  3. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 14, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2006
  5. Han-Wen NienhuysDec 14, 2006
  6. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiDec 15, 2006
  8. Nicolas PitreDec 14, 2006
  9. Jerome LovyDec 14, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 15, 2006
  11. Andy ParkinsDec 14, 2006
  12. Andy ParkinsDec 14, 2006
  13. Johannes SchindelinDec 14, 2006
  14. John W. LinvilleDec 14, 2006
  15. Robin RosenbergDec 14, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2006
  17. Andy ParkinsDec 14, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2006
  19. Andy ParkinsDec 14, 2006
  20. Shawn PearceDec 14, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiDec 15, 2006

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