[PATCH 1/3] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better

From: "Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>,
	Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 23:23:24 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1518387eaa95098707878459bc74bd5ef2179386.1606087406.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.921.git.git.1606087406.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Our documentation does not mention any future plan to change 'master' to
other value. It is a good idea to document this, though.

Initial-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/git-init.txt | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 59ecda6c17..19f9f16e6b 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ DESCRIPTION
 
 This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git`
 directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
-`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial `HEAD` file that
-references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
+`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial branch without any
+commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below
+for its name).
 
 If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
 to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path.
 -b <branch-name>::
 --initial-branch=<branch-name>::
 
-Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
-If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
+Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created
+repository.  If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
+`master`, but that will be changed in the future; The name can be customized
+via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
 
 --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::
 
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