From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:16:42 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] t3404: do not depend on any specific default branch name
Message-ID: <xmqqv9duihfp.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <pull.798.git.1606212950283.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
writes:

> From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
>
> Now that we can override the default branch name in the tests via
> `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME`, we should avoid expecting a
> particular hard-coded name.
>
> So let's rename the initial branch immediately to `primary` and work
> with that.

Yes, that is probably the approach that gives us the most stable
environment to work in.   I like it.

>     Applying this patch would obsolete the change in 
>     js/default-branch-name-tests-final-stretch to force the default branch
>     name to master in t3404.

Yup, after taking these individual replacement patches, I expect
that the big topic will see shrinkage, which is good.

Will queue.  Thanks.