[VOTE] Switch 'master' to 'main' branch for repositories

[Rui Salvaterra]

+1.

All steps in the right direction count.

Cheers,
Rui

On Mon, 27 Feb 2023 at 07:06, Felix Fietkau <nbd at nbd.name> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> More and more projects are switching their repositories to use the
> 'main' branch instead of the 'master' branch. This also includes many
> Linux upstream trees as well. Some trees are even removing their
> 'master' branches already.
>
> I think this is becoming more and more mainstream and expected of
> projects, so we should do the same.
>
> I would like to propose the following:
>
> 1. Change the git server side to automatically update the 'master'
> branch, whenever an update is pushed to 'main'.
> It's important to have a long transition period in order to avoid
> breaking downstream users' workflows.
>
> 2. Change the git server side to refuse a push to 'master' if 'main'
> exists. This avoid accidental branch divergence
>
> 3. Developers simply change their git configs to always push to 'main'
>
> Once this change is well established, we can look into removing
> 'master', but we should definitely take our time with that.
>
> - Felix
>
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