On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 19:55, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <andrew.duns...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > On 6/15/20 2:22 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > >> 2) 'master' as a reference to the branch. Personally I be in favor of > >> changing the branch name, but it seems like it'd be better done as a > >> somewhat separate discussion to me, as it affects development > >> practices to some degree. > > > I'm OK with this, but I would need plenty of notice to get the buildfarm > > adjusted. > > "master" is the default branch name established by git, is it not? Not > something we picked. I don't feel like we need to be out front of the > rest of the world in changing that. It'd be a cheaper change than some of > the other proposals in this thread, no doubt, but it would still create > confusion for new hackers who are used to the standard git convention. >
While it is the default I expect that will change soon. Github is planning on making main the default. https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/ Many projects are moving from master to main. I expect it will be less confusing than you think. Dave Cramer www.postgres.rocks
