Re: Getting rid of "hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch." when initializing a repository with pygit

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Feb 1, 2022, 20:15 UTC
Message-ID: <YfmU+D7wB2ePMGTZ@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <20220201200246.GW3113@kunlun.suse.cz>

On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 09:02:46PM +0100, Michal Suchánek wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 02:52:41PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
>
> > If you have set the init.defaultBranch configuration, we will suppress
> > the hint you're talking about.
>
> That's the problem - there is no way to pass the configuration when
> using a library to create a repository.

Of course; but I was suggesting that you set it in $HOME/.gitconfig, or in your global /etc/gitconfig.

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> > Alternatively, you can make sure that `git init` is invoked with the
> > `-q` (quiet) flag, which suppresses that warning whether or not you have
> > set the init.defaultBranch config.
>
> Yes, that is exactly the option that would do it.

OK, I assume that this means that you can pass custom flags down to `git init` via the library you're using.

Thanks, Taylor