Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 11, 2020, 00:15 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s0mEsfmc7gT6Yv10_nt8d=HrbETmnwNNqxVmRGdHSOHYw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2f21c505d560132b4563849f955554fc7d79a9cb.1607637517.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:58 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:

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> +static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_(
> +"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name\n"
> +"is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all\n"
> +"of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:\n"
> +"\n"
> +"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch <name>\n"
> +"\n"
> +"Common names are 'main', 'trunk' and 'development'. The initial branch\n"

This is disingenuous; the most common name is "master"... by far. In a couple years this might change, but not right now.

If you don't want to mention "master", then don't mention "common names" that are not really the most common names.

Cheers.

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Felipe Contreras