Rename "master" branch to "main"?

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Tue Jun 30 18:35:20 GMT 2020


On 6/30/20 11:10 AM, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> My concern is that git, as a project, has not yet changed their default,
> and it would be beneficial to match their default name. I am OK with
> waiting for the git project to make a choice before changing our branch
> name to match.
> 
> Comments?

My preference is to not wait. Waiting won't help solve compatibility issues
(e.g., mismatch between our default's and Git's), as they'll need to be solved
anyway.


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