From patchwork Fri Dec 11 11:36:54 2020 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Johannes Schindelin X-Patchwork-Id: 11967941 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B1DFC4361B for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D89B23ED0 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:38:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2390055AbgLKLiS (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:38:18 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46334 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2403810AbgLKLhm (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Dec 2020 06:37:42 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x343.google.com (mail-wm1-x343.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::343]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 95BA9C061793 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:37:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x343.google.com with SMTP id d3so7275525wmb.4 for ; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:37:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date:subject:fcc :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=p0enlMc/568fNOt3yvkxyzEyBOUTnOaQV/xOUwc/+so=; b=bz0U5Fk2jDZliG5Q2QwH9TmtZqjkYJ5xYCep6+AoWk4H6b3ick3ohjdyf2ZdH2kLN6 WHOUqodJqBA+CLDqo628lBftM6ha/gveVo+gNzLBse9hHA13Ue2hUF40YZdtIl0mtj2k ju7CfD4TVoAAxXyESzroeAu3r/E4v3s8cC1Qe6JSdadCl16nU3fPL+T52TMrckEDSchm U6hJT/iRtujTe3g0c7pqUlEYq6veUruSCDtC7ldhSaIdACSsmm3XUrnLHszUBG1H303J 9IMl+djj7bkAcR8+UbmLwYgaZuCFqjjG2MkzaU924XeSKiWf1PdGy09eRnPSFAYv8c5c b8AQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:in-reply-to:references:from:date :subject:fcc:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:to:cc; bh=p0enlMc/568fNOt3yvkxyzEyBOUTnOaQV/xOUwc/+so=; b=Vg1cAxp8DPOETQOOZIbqs12HGx+1+b2BJP6nK+5qm6Em3J70DozPa67pwBhQdywMo6 62Rs7ggabx7kcRX/Gt/LLuPFsMeLKPdMAWlPn5fX6tCJOadKtI9zb9HIRJGl34IQFTD5 6jJNOI/rjUR192pf0NCfNIhEJl8oRrQolzn8jAb1vEWUn3N2Sp2x09T6JDjiQMCOZkrB MHmcDYdFSUlQaRBZf/dPfJn630P0nyEOEc/SAhhQrJ+b1v3vR/NmjbLim0uvmnQQ7gys Lg6OLKsyQQGxTIefGO7m9Ex24AZqC9tzLgYoFcAiWNKL5O92qwJmbWCS5afV5MSFu05r ix8A== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530+ZI0EMQPn5B34oIvS7HxwhLDZSowZ6JPcpjGJqXIeTXprbkNl ccZqcylnKZRY57/2jiAWSe/4qivCwzU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzZRR9KAIBN75l5T2KumyC+sSetT+SVCD5tyvkNMDylASN5caitiI8zacReLAVj4BxAdI5nuw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:e445:: with SMTP id b66mr13330590wmh.187.1607686620195; Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:37:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([13.74.141.28]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u85sm13454532wmu.43.2020.12.11.03.36.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 11 Dec 2020 03:36:59 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:36:54 +0000 Subject: [PATCH v5 1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better Fcc: Sent MIME-Version: 1.0 To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Johannes Schindelin , Felipe Contreras , Johannes Schindelin , Johannes Schindelin Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org From: Johannes Schindelin From: Johannes Schindelin Our documentation does not mention any future plan to change 'master' to other value. It is a good idea to document this, though. Initial-patch-by: Junio C Hamano Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- Documentation/git-init.txt | 11 +++++++---- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 59ecda6c17d..b611d80697d 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ DESCRIPTION This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git` directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`, -`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial `HEAD` file that -references the HEAD of the master branch is also created. +`refs/tags`, and template files. An initial branch without any +commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below +for its name). If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository. @@ -73,8 +74,10 @@ If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path. -b :: --initial-branch=:: -Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository. -If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`. +Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created +repository. If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently +`master`, but this is subject to change in the future; the name can be +customized via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable). --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]::