+1
On 2020-10-20 9:52 a.m., Colin Clark wrote:
> I think “main” is a good name too. I’m glad this is only a convention
> in Git so we’re free to choose.
>
> Colin
>
>> On Oct 20, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Giovanni Tirloni <gtirl...@ocadu.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> +1 from me!
>>
>> Another helpful blog
>> post:
>> https://www.hanselman.com/blog/easily-rename-your-git-default-branch-from-master-to-main
>>
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>> *From:* fluid-work <fluid-work-boun...@lists.idrc.ocad.ca> on behalf
>> of Ned Zimmerman <nzimmer...@ocadu.ca>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:30
>> *To:* Michelle D'Souza <michelle...@gmail.com>; Justin Obara
>> <obara.jus...@gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* fluid-work@lists.idrc.ocad.ca <fluid-work@lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
>> *Subject:* Re: Default branch name in GitHub
>>
>>
>> I’m in full support of this!
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ned
>>
>> —
>>
>> Ned Zimmerman (he/him)
>>
>> Senior Inclusive Developer
>>
>> Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
>>
>> https://idrc.ocadu.ca
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *fluid-work <fluid-work-boun...@lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
>> *Date: *Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 10:29 AM
>> *To: *Justin Obara <obara.jus...@gmail.com>
>> *Cc: *fluid-work@lists.idrc.ocad.ca <fluid-work@lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
>> *Subject: *Re: Default branch name in GitHub
>>
>> Let’s switch to using “main”. It’s easy to do and more
>> inclusive.
>> https://dev.to/afrodevgirl/replacing-master-with-main-in-github-2fjf
>>
>>
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 20, 2020, at 9:17 AM, Justin Obara <obara.jus...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:obara.jus...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> While this has actually been in effect since Oct 1 I just now
>> realized that by default GitHub creates new repositories using
>> “main” instead of “master”. I’m not intending to weigh in on the
>> naming debate here, but I do think we need consistency.
>>
>>
>>
>> For details about the name change and how to manage it,
>> see https://github.com/github/renaming
>>
>>
>>
>> What I’d propose is that we pick a name that the community is
>> most comfortable with. Below are the tasks to address after a
>> decision is made.
>>
>>
>>
>> Options:
>>
>>
>>
>> * Keep Master:
>>
>> o Update the organization settings for the “Repository
>> default branch” name
>> o Change any newly created repos to use “master” as the
>> default branch
>>
>> * Use Main:
>>
>> o Update all existing repos to use “main” as the default repo
>> o Update our individual forks as needed
>>
>> * Use some other name:
>>
>> o Update the organization settings for the “Repository
>> default branch” name
>> o Update all existing repos to use “main” as the default repo
>> o Update our individual forks as needed
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Justin
>>
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