Default branch name in GitHub

[Justin Obara]

Thanks for all the feedback. I also discussed this at the planning meeting today and was met with similar responses. I plan to begin migration to “main” for all of our non-archived git repositories. The process isn’t difficult but we have a lot of repos, so it may take some time.

If you have not yet had a chance to provide feedback or raise a concern, please feel free to continue the discussion.

Thanks
Justin

> On Oct 20, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Joseph Scheuhammer <clown at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> +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 <gtirloni at 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
>>> 
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* fluid-work <fluid-work-bounces at lists.idrc.ocad.ca> on behalf
>>> of Ned Zimmerman <nzimmerman at ocadu.ca>
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:30
>>> *To:* Michelle D'Souza <michelled33 at gmail.com>; Justin Obara
>>> <obara.justin at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc:* fluid-work at lists.idrc.ocad.ca <fluid-work at 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
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>>>  
>>> 
>>> *From: *fluid-work <fluid-work-bounces at lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
>>> *Date: *Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 10:29 AM
>>> *To: *Justin Obara <obara.justin at gmail.com>
>>> *Cc: *fluid-work at lists.idrc.ocad.ca <fluid-work at 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.justin at gmail.com <mailto:obara.justin at gmail.com>
>>>    <mailto:obara.justin at gmail.com <mailto:obara.justin at 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 <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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