Re: [PATCH 00/28] Use main as default branch name

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Nov 19, 2020, 00:00 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2011190057370.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <1389dabc-33c9-1e65-a3de-43729a6c2e70@iee.email>

Hi Philip,

On Wed, 18 Nov 2020, Philip Oakley wrote:

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> An alternative in the other direction is to go with the 'not currently
> on any branch' (detached at nowhere) but then require users to
> deliberately create their first branch with their chosen name. This
> moves the 'backward incompatibility' to a different place, which may be
> easier to manage.

It might be easier to manage for _us_, the Git developers. But every user who initializes a repository and wants to push now needs to take the extra step to give their unnamed branch ("detached HEAD" is _still_ confusing new users!!!) a name.

That would be much more disruptive than choosing a "rather dull and boring" name instead of a rather racially-charged one.

And we promised to try to minimize the disruption to Git users.

Ciao, Dscho