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

From
JLJerome Lovy <t2a2e9z8ncbs9qg@brefemail.com>
Date
Dec 14, 2006, 16:20 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141627090.3635@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
Hi,
Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote:
> 
>> "master" shouldn't get special treatment; making different log messages 
>> based on the name of the branch is bad form.  What if a user likes 
>> "my/master" or "my/head" as their master branch?
> 
> 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 
> 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?

because I like the pattern framework described in the book "Software Configuration Management Patterns", I like to use "mainline" instead of "master", for example.

Jérôme
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Message 9 of 21 in “"master" should be treated no differently from any other branch”
  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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