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

[Zoltan HERPAI]

NAK. I don't see the point behind this level of renaming frenzy - getting 
things right starts elsewhere.

Regards,
Zoltan H

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, Felix Fietkau 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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