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To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: Rename "master" branch to "main" for glibc 2.35 release.
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"Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com> writes:
> No alias would be provided for the master branch;

This would invalidate decades of online documentation in an instant, and
for that alone I oppose this part of your proposal.

It will also break existing git checkouts, even if you write very clear
documenation (you did, right? ;) about how to "fix" a checked out master
branch.