[VOTE] Switch 'master' to 'main' branch for repositories

Alexander 'lynxis' Couzens lynxis at fe80.eu
Mon Feb 27 06:31:19 PST 2023


On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:05:21 +0100
Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:

> I would like to propose the following:
> 
> 1. Change the git server side to automatically update the 'master' 
> branch, whenever an update is pushed to 'main'.
> It's important to have a long transition period in order to avoid 
> breaking downstream users' workflows.
> 
> 2. Change the git server side to refuse a push to 'master' if 'main' 
> exists. This avoid accidental branch divergence
> 
> 3. Developers simply change their git configs to always push to 'main'
> 
> Once this change is well established, we can look into removing 
> 'master', but we should definitely take our time with that.

ACK
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