From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF6ABC433DF for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C2F0207C3 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="SJfhO5+p" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726915AbgFKMw3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:52:29 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:45044 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726597AbgFKMw2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:52:28 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-x72c.google.com (mail-qk1-x72c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::72c]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48D4BC08C5C1 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:52:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qk1-x72c.google.com with SMTP id f18so5437048qkh.1 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:52:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=R0JNsKbzbkSYPWdeOzR/JlhKJl5ghTZSao/7baz1hh8=; b=SJfhO5+pAe2ew8vn2uYpV5EVcFrGZPIEOsbu6DXq3MeSyBN6LJ6Edm57Xn0qtMUpZS mn79y4CP3re4UtvQU6rrdfkERka7Z8rDFyd+eaOPBm9Nwsg9UfGleiv8nDTmqjfFWFBd wCGnAcx0fGw+nZoLnM0+KN0yOvwZ5S4Y5fMBJQve7CdI3nz0kR0uk1gQHlpf6DOntC1a RqkcdYW2IqLsIOtKFGAFOzTRxGlTRBKoJGWxgE0opEQnK5/m5DLAYBsNLVP1/W3UmHdI nu55W0aWC1vKkbtpxC0M5S1LaROuOrS8hwvSYXEXXKmmmD+IXJXtTvQhb/UOdsa7TWVF pwvQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:cc:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=R0JNsKbzbkSYPWdeOzR/JlhKJl5ghTZSao/7baz1hh8=; b=OsBVBxJda391YdWiCYtAy3i6pOvZG0731s3i1DG1vyQ6UFPoez+NwX+a7VhUp/b4pn szcfB31f4Nd1MUsybjq4vG4QcdNu5rLqMAlO0+tW4YGq9GhTpFJzZhFi6QveZcFvI9ZO 9FaTmmSNThK+ty2536rTwS1VEPQddKM43a1cUPaLxcWox3bL5XT50CIJ9vpRZ+c3VcOL JsBBuNs4H2LtCHmoDm8zKLwbXWy4JkkoJ212fee9Ou+JwX1fOTdLVHpWd9FYfaQpOfPj rmt25iGI8Uu+NPza7Xemz54bwM/R4ByUDLGR6AJcY4ujdgdZHhQun2JyFuBC0YYaD9Io yxMQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532uvwWvZOSM1IRA0MArEAr+JM4g3GjO0N5Sq2nAO32VjzCT3twt jF2zpkIKCNkPjYQCEHeRyWCElWYpSxo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwBD797uzvSKQxaRpeaGOxgI4AMziD5JDhCViiJ76EaegQd7sSVqYKOLpuXnQWVCvv3TAHkLA== X-Received: by 2002:a37:512:: with SMTP id 18mr8491514qkf.231.1591879947054; Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:52:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.110] ([99.85.27.166]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h5sm2190192qkk.108.2020.06.11.05.52.26 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 11 Jun 2020 05:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) To: Don Goodman-Wilson , =?UTF-8?Q?Michal_Such=c3=a1nek?= Cc: Johannes Schindelin , "brian m. carlson" , Simon Pieters , git@vger.kernel.org References: <20200505231641.GH6530@camp.crustytoothpaste.net> <20200611115215.GQ21462@kitsune.suse.cz> From: Derrick Stolee Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:52:25 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/77.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On 6/11/2020 7:59 AM, Don Goodman-Wilson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 1:52 PM Michal Suchánek wrote: >> Indeed, the flexibility to choose the name of the default branch can be >> helpful for projects with specific naming, especially non-english >> speaking projects. >> >> To that end I would suggest adding -b argument to git init to be able to >> choose the default branch name per project. This should select the >> initial branch name and also write the it as the default branch name in >> the repo configuration (if git continues to treat the default branch >> specially). >> >> This can be used in documentation to use the new name immediately >> without breaking existing workflows that rely on the 'master' branch. > > I _really_ like this idea (and your reasoning). Seconded. Yes, adding a -b|--branch option would be an excellent addition to the config option. Thanks, -Stolee