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Re: [PATCH] tests: do not use "slave branch" nomenclature

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 18, 2020, 18:08 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 06:38:43PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>> From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> 
>> Git does not have slave branches and has never had.  Independent
>> of any future change to the naming of branches, remove the sole
>> appearance of the term.
>
> I think this is a sensible change, though note that something simpler
> was proposed recently:
>
>   https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200610165441.iktvzuwz44sbytfg@chatter.i7.local/
>
> and the review suggested using a name that is even more meaningful to
> the test case (so we not just remove the unwanted names, but make the
> test easier to follow).

Thanks for spotting that both versions share the same issue. We'd just need a single one that is fixed up ;-).

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  1. tests: do not use "slave branch" nomenclaturePaolo Bonzini, Jun 18, 2020
  2. Jeff KingJun 18, 2020
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 18, 2020
  4. Michal SuchánekJun 19, 2020
  5. Paolo BonziniJun 19, 2020

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