Yes Wei, all the integrated systems / scripts (using the CloudStack git
repositories) have to replace the default branch name to 'main' wherever
applicable.
Regard
Suresh
On 25/03/21, 2:44 PM, "Wei ZHOU" <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> wrote:
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
>
>
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