From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:34:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch
Message-ID: <200612141634.54616.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200612141625.08485.andyparkins@gmail.com>


> > 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.

And the analogy is flawed.  I don't want git to be called guitar, however I'd 
be very upset if I got
  
 $ mv git guitar
 Error: git is conventionally called guitar


Andy

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Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIEE