From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: Git <git@vger.kernel.org>,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:15:52 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMP44s0mEsfmc7gT6Yv10_nt8d=HrbETmnwNNqxVmRGdHSOHYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2f21c505d560132b4563849f955554fc7d79a9cb.1607637517.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 3:58 PM Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
<gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:
> +static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_(
> +"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name\n"
> +"is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all\n"
> +"of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:\n"
> +"\n"
> +"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch <name>\n"
> +"\n"
> +"Common names are 'main', 'trunk' and 'development'. The initial branch\n"
This is disingenuous; the most common name is "master"... by far. In a
couple years this might change, but not right now.
If you don't want to mention "master", then don't mention "common
names" that are not really the most common names.
Cheers.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-11 0:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-22 23:23 [PATCH 0/3] Add helpful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 1/3] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 2/3] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:23 ` [PATCH 3/3] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-22 23:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 2:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:28 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 18:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 20:46 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 12:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 12:49 ` Philip Oakley
2020-11-23 20:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24 5:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-24 20:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-23 23:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-11-24 5:57 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-11-24 20:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-09 14:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-09 22:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 12:12 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-10 23:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 0:40 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-11-24 15:07 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-11-24 15:07 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 0:24 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11 5:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11 6:26 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11 5:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-10 21:58 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-10 21:58 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 0:15 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2020-12-11 1:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-12-11 0:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2020-12-11 2:00 ` Felipe Contreras
2020-12-11 11:36 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Add helpful " Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] branch -m: allow renaming a yet-unborn branch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] get_default_branch_name(): prepare for showing some advice Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2020-12-11 11:36 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] init: provide useful advice about init.defaultBranch Johannes Schindelin via GitGitGadget
2021-02-02 21:24 ` SZEDER Gábor
2021-02-02 22:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-02-03 5:20 ` SZEDER Gábor
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