Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 24, 2020, 20:53 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq8saqjx2n.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2011240648160.56@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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>>     To configure the initial branch name to use in all of your new
>>     repositories and squelch this message, run:
>>
>> may be better---it makes it clear that the offered two choices are
>> (1) do nothing and see this message every time, or (2) commit to a
>> name and not see this message again.
>
> Well, I think I finally understand what you are saying: there is a
> legitimate need for a way to go with Git's preference but still suppress
> that message.

I am not saying it is a legitimate need. I just wanted to make it clear that we deliberately chose not to grant that wish in the message. An advice flag in this context means that the users can choose to let their distro and sysadm to flip the default silently, which is much worse than having to see the message every time they start a new repository with "git init".