From: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
To: Craig H Maynard <chmaynard@me.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regarding Git and Branch Naming
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 11:33:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAPx1GvcZk2o7f8-27xokwxUayWwO+t5qdsMjLrjBymc+WHznmw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B4814F42-7AF8-4D80-93D4-FAF752C72F21@me.com>
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 10:19 AM Craig H Maynard <chmaynard@me.com> wrote:
> Does the git init command really need to create a default branch? Perhaps that step could be left to the user.
The HEAD pseudo-ref must exist and must contain a valid OID or
branch name. (If it does not exist, Git says that the directory
is not a repository. Perhaps this test could be weakened, but
that's definitely a fairly big change.)
In a new, empty repository there are no valid OIDs, so HEAD must
contain a branch name. The branch itself need not exist, but
whatever name is in HEAD is the branch that will be created
when the user makes the first commit.
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-26 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-26 16:18 Regarding Git and Branch Naming Craig H Maynard
2020-06-26 18:33 ` Chris Torek [this message]
2020-06-26 20:35 ` Jeff King
2020-06-26 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-06-27 3:05 ` Jeff King
2020-06-26 21:33 ` Philip Oakley
2020-06-27 3:11 ` Jeff King
2020-06-26 21:58 ` Elijah Newren
2020-06-27 3:14 ` Jeff King
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