From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com>
Cc: Ryan Johnson <ryan.johnson.code@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git branch behavior after git init needs fixing
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2026 09:08:15 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqjywl6e0w.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D1CA4E13-B279-4931-81EF-364169564612@gmail.com> (Ben Knoble's message of "Mon, 9 Feb 2026 09:54:25 -0500")
Ben Knoble <ben.knoble@gmail.com> writes:
> You are probably looking for init.defaultBranch and the 3.0
> breaking changes plan (which will make main the default).
In other words, run
$ git config --global init.defaultbranch main
just once to live in the future? That sounds like a sensible
suggestion to me.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-09 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-09 9:43 git branch behavior after git init needs fixing Ryan Johnson
2026-02-09 14:54 ` Ben Knoble
2026-02-09 17:08 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-09 22:38 ` Junio C Hamano
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