From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 00:40:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch
Message-ID: <CAMP44s0H-bpmYF-iTy1n=kGgn9sGdofNLoG0-w_S9+9jU-259A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2012091513540.25979@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 5:24 PM Johannes Schindelin
<Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2020, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> The distribution already can add patches, so this objection is a red
> herring. The sysadm can pick a different value for `init.defaultBranch`
> and dictate to the user silently what initial branch name to use, so that
> is also a red herring.

Yes, but if they do; they have picked the ball. The user would blame
them--and not Git--for any unexpected change in behavior.

Cheers.

-- 
Felipe Contreras