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Re: git-svn eliminating master

From
RBRuss Brown <pickscrape@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 28, 2007, 22:34 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Russ Brown <pickscrape@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> So I've been using git-svn for a while, and just decided to try
>> publishing my repo via gitweb so I can experiment with showing others my
>> local branches before I dcommit them to the subversion repository (i.e.
>> allowing code review prior to commit).
>>
>> It's working pretty nicely: the only problem I have is the master
>> branch. I don't use master at all, and I'm willing to be that a lot of
>> other git-svn users don't either. I take all of my branches from either
>> trunk or one of the other upstream svn server branches.
>>
>> The problem is gitweb appears to show the master branch by default,
>> while I'd rather show trunk by default.
> 
> I think gitweb shows wherever HEAD points at.  Update the file
> on the server and see if it helps.

Nice tip. I've updated that now. I'll know if it's worked once trunk gets committed to again: I've rebased master against it so both currently point at the same commit.

-- 
Russ
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