Will it impact jenkins/travis/trillian and prs ? -Wei
On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 at 10:00, Suresh Anaparti <suresh.anapa...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > The default git branch name 'master' was replaced with 'main' on GitHub > [2][3] and in the wider Git community [4]. For those that have missed the > broader discussion in society, the term 'master' is offensive to some > people [1]. This is widely considered insensitive if not illegal, hence the > proposed change. > > It seems fitting the CloudStack would follow this example of > inclusiveness. For this, the project would rename its default branch name > of all the repositories to 'main'. In addition, all the applicable > integration points (Eg: Travis-CI, etc) using these repositories have to > replace the branch name 'master' with 'main'. > > The sample steps to rename and replace the default branch to 'main' are > here: > https://faun.pub/git-step-by-step-renaming-a-master-branch-to-main-16390ca7577b > > I would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions on this. > > > [1] > https://www.theserverside.com/feature/Why-GitHub-renamed-its-master-branch-to-main > [2] > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-main-starting-in-october-what-developers-need-to-know > [3] https://github.com/github/renaming > [4] https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2021/03/10/new-git-default-branch-name/ > > > Regards, > Suresh > > > suresh.anapa...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 3 London Bridge Street, 3rd floor, News Building, London SE1 9SGUK > @shapeblue > > > >
