The convention is here:
 -
https://go-team.pages.debian.net/workflow-changes.html#wf-2017-11-upstream-branch

It has been voted on many months ago so I it was a democratic agreement.

Please either use this layout or the layout created by dh-make-golang.

Repository consistency matters more than personal naming preferences.

--
Alexandre Viau
[email protected]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 13:09 Felix Lechner <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> > Done.
>
> Thank you!
>
> > However, there was a master branch in golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab.
> >
> > Why?
> >
> > Should it be removed?
>
> For gocryptfs and its friends golang-github-jacobsa-crypto and
> golang-github-rfjakob-eme we keep upstream's branch in 'master', which
> mirrors their 'master' branches on GitHub. I did not set it up that
> way but find the naming super convenient. It mirrors my work in Git
> repos whenever I contribute upstream (which I do with great
> frequency). I keep all feature branches (in this case 'debian/sid')
> separate from the authoritative upstream source, and never have to
> think twice before issuing 'git merge master'.
>
> Until there is democratic agreement on branch naming other than
> 'debian/sid', I would prefer to keep upstream in 'master' for
> 'git-lab' and 'golang-github-xanzy-go-gitlab', but you are welcome
> to change it if you feel strongly about it. Either way, please do not
> delete it. Thank you!
>
> Felix
>

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