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Re: Bug: "git checkout -b" should be allowed in empty repo

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Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2012, 04:42 UTC
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On 6 February 2012 15:30, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> And perhaps in that case we should be discouraging them from calling it
> something besides master (because while master is mostly convention,
> there are a few magic spots in the code where it is treated specially,
> and departing from the convention for no good reason should be
> discouraged).

What exactly are the areas where 'master' is treated specially? I agree that people should be discouraged from needlessly abandoning convention, however I think users should have the ability to name their branches as they see fit.

If I am forced to abandon code targeted at the 'master' naming convention in order to use my desired naming convention, we should fix that. Additionally, if I have to either manually set a branch name with plumbing commands, or delete existing branches that are generated automatically with no option not to generate them, we should improve the porcelain to cover these cracks.

In general, I think it plausible that in some use cases the term 'master' might be misleading or inappropriate and users should not be punished for that.

Regards,
Andrew Ardill
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Message 11 of 34 in “Bug: "git checkout -b" should be allowed in empty repo”
  1. Michael HaggertyJan 29, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2012
  4. Michael HaggertyJan 30, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 30, 2012
  7. Jeff KingJan 30, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  10. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  11. Andrew ArdillFeb 6, 2012
  12. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  13. Michael HaggertyFeb 6, 2012
  14. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  16. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  17. Michael HaggertyFeb 7, 2012
  18. demerphqFeb 6, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  20. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  23. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  24. Michael HaggertyFeb 6, 2012
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  26. Jeff KingJan 30, 2012
  27. branch --edit-description: protect against mistyped branch nameJunio C Hamano, Feb 6, 2012
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2012
  29. Jeff KingFeb 6, 2012
  30. Michael HaggertyJan 31, 2012
  31. Johannes SixtJan 31, 2012
  32. demerphqJan 31, 2012
  33. Jakub NarebskiJan 31, 2012
  34. Michael HaggertyJan 31, 2012

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