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

[Paul Spooren]

+1

> On 27. Feb 2023, at 08:09, Luna Jernberg <droidbittin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> +1
> 
>> On 2/27/23, Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> More and more projects are switching their repositories to use the
>> 'main' branch instead of the 'master' branch. This also includes many
>> Linux upstream trees as well. Some trees are even removing their
>> 'master' branches already.
>> 
>> I think this is becoming more and more mainstream and expected of
>> projects, so we should do the same.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> - Felix
>> 
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