Rename "master" branch to "main"?

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 7/3/20 11:26 AM, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> 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.

As I noted in my original email the proposal is not to rename existing
historical branches, but to change things going forward.

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Cheers,
Carlos.