Yes, Sam recommended the same thing in IRC. Here is the relevant issue: http://drupal.org/node/1074960 - Let maintainers set a default branch on git repositories Discussion can continue there.
This lets module maintainers delete the master branch without creating a big WTF when someone clones the repository that does not have a master branch, or it does have a master branch, but it is not relevant to anything. On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Randy Fay <ra...@randyfay.com> wrote: > You seem to be talking about the default 'master' branch. > > In general, we recommend not using a 'master' branch any more. > > For a release branch (one that can have a dev release following it), use a > branch name like 7.x-1.x > > For a topic branch, you can use any name you want, but it's often good to > use a naming convention. > > For local topic branches I use something like [description]_[issue] or > [description]_[issue]/[comment_number]. So for example, > fix_broken_headers_99394 or fix_broken_headers_99394/22. > > For topic branches that you will push up, you may want to use a username on > the front in some cases, to point out who the "owner" is. Then a branch > could be named like > > rfay/fix_broken_headers_99394 > > I did a recent screencast about pushing and deleting topic branches, > http://randyfay.com/node/96, that might be useful. > > -Randy > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Arlin Sandbulte <arlinsandbu...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> There is a lot of discussion and ideas about git work flows right now. >> It will probably take some time for best practices to evolve and gain >> acceptance on d.o >> >> Regarding the main branch, others have said it seems pretty useless when a >> release (dev in particular) cannot be attached to it anyway. >> I think the only thing 'special' about main is that it is the default >> checked out branch when cloning a repository. >> So, what to do with it... >> >> I like the way the rules project seems to be handling it: >> Just have a readme on the main branch noting that all files are located on >> other branches and all work should be done there. (Even though this might >> be a carryover from the good ole CVS days.) >> Any other suggestions or words of wisdom? >> > > > > -- > Randy Fay > Drupal Module and Site Development > ra...@randyfay.com > +1 970.462.7450 > >
