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Subject: Re: Rename "master" branch to "main"?
To: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
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On 30/06/2020 19:59, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote:
> * Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha:
> 
>> My concern is that git, as a project, has not yet changed their default,
> 
> I don't think this matters because the default branch during clone is
> set by the server.  The default branch set by “git init” does not really
> matter to glibc development.
> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
> 

And what about all the tracking branches people have that are currently
tracking 'master'?  Will they automatically switch to tracking 'main'?
I doubt it.

IMO this is make-work.

R.