quick note, the transition was delayed on Wednesday. I will work on this
now, and will send out another mail upon completion.

Stefan

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023 at 1:34 PM Stefan Reinauer <stefan.k.reina...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello all.
>
> After coreboot's git repository recently switched to use the default
> branch name "main" instead of "master", we will also move flashrom over
> soon to keep all repositories on coreboot.org/flashrom.org consistent.
>
> My plan is to make this change on Wednesday September 20th at 20:00 (8pm)
> PDT. This is Thursday 5am CEST.
>
> After the switch I will send another email here to announce the change.
>
> Once the default branch has been switched over, you will need to update
> your local git repository:
>
> To change your flashrom local tree, see what's in your git config:
>
> /work/git/flashrom $ git config -l | grep master
> remote.origin.push=HEAD:refs/for/master
> branch.master.remote=origin
> branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
> branch.master.rebase=true
>
> You can edit your .git/config file to change these to main, or do it
> from the command line:
>
> git config remote.origin.push HEAD:refs/for/main
> git config --remove-section branch.master
> git config branch.main.remote origin
> git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main
> git config branch.main.rebase true
>
> In general, this name change shouldn't create any significant impact.
> Basically anything you previously used "master" for, you should change
> to "main".
>
> Instead of using "push origin HEAD:refs/for/master" you'll then use
> "push origin HEAD:refs/for/main".
>
> Instead of checking out or rebasing on master, you'll then use main.
>
> All of the open flashrom patches in gerrit will be updated to be
> pushed to main when merged. The master branch will be removed
> when the change is complete.
>
> If you have any questions or issues about how to do things relating to
> this change, please feel free to reply to this message and we'll try
> to help solve any issues.
>
> Stefan (on behalf of coreboot.org/flashrom.org admin team)
>
>
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