From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: [PATCH] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:26 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: References: <200612141519.44294.andyparkins@gmail.com> <4581721B.4050102@xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:22:48 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-reply-to: <4581721B.4050102@xs4all.nl> X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuvE4-0000b9-H1 for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 19:22:36 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751972AbWLNSWd (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751971AbWLNSWd (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:33 -0500 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:45119 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751969AbWLNSWc (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:32 -0500 Received: from xanadu.home ([74.56.106.175]) by VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JAA008TR0DFUDG0@VL-MH-MR002.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:22:30 -0500 (EST) To: Han-Wen Nienhuys Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > Johannes Schindelin escreveu: > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Parkins wrote: > > > >> "master" shouldn't get special treatment; making different log messages > >> based on the name of the branch is bad form. What if a user likes > >> "my/master" or "my/head" as their master branch? > > > > I do not agree. There is usually a principal branch, where you collect the > > topics, and you do want to treat that special. As for the name: better > > have a convention here than configurability. You would not want "git" to > > be called "guitar" for some users, just because they happen to like that > > name more, either, right? > > Disagree: I have two principal branches, master and stable/2.10. I don't see > why the latter should get different commit messages. I also agree to disagree. "master" is maybe the default branch, but it is not so special to deserve a different message than any other branch.