Re: [PATCH v2 02/12] fmt-merge-msg: introduce a way to override the main branch name

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > I'm not sure if this check_refname_format() is valid, though. IIRC we've
> > had issues where "ONELEVEL" was used to check a branch name, but misses
> > some cases. The more full check done by strbuf_check_branch_ref()
> > actually creates the full refname and checks that. It also catches stuff
> > like refs/heads/HEAD.
>
> Yup.
>
> I actually am in favor of removing special casing of a single branch
> done by fmt-merge-msg and fast-export --anonymize, so this may not
> matter.
>
> We still need a mechanism to allow users specify the default name to
> be given to the first branch "git init" creates and used by "git clone"
> as a fallback name when it cannot infer what the other side uses, though.