From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:39:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200612141625.08485.andyparkins@gmail.com> Hi, On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote: > Making "master" special rather than simply a default means git is > dictating policy. It isn't git's place to decide what my branches are > called, especially as it is git itself that lets me choose freely to > begin with. Fine. I don't give a flying fly. And if -- by making this and related changes -- new users find it even harder to start with Git, I will ignore any complaints. I mean, this is yet something new in an almost-everyday message that the user has to get used to. Ciao, Dscho