Re: Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

2020-06-15 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:00 AM Bastien Nocera wrote: > > Doing some thread grave digging. Just as an FYI - in terms of happening - I see it very likely that github and gitlab are all going to be changing the name of the default branch in git. (I talked to Nuritzi - and she said discussions have

Re: Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

2020-06-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 21:13 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote: > Bastien Nocera wrote: > > > - How? > > > > It is possible to rename the "master" branch in git. It's also > > possible > > to add a "link" of sorts so that software that specifically > > references > > "master" can be made to work with

Re: Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

2020-06-15 Thread Bastien Nocera
Doing some thread grave digging. On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 15:18 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote: > On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 12:32 +0200, drago01 via desktop-devel-list > wrote: > > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/master > > > > Master / slave relation is just one of the possible meanings but