564794 – Allow to configure default branch name

Bug 564794 - Allow to configure default branch name

Summary: Allow to configure default branch name

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	JGit
Classification:	Technology
Component:	JGit (show other bugs)
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	PC Mac OS X

Importance:	P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone:	5.11
Assignee:	Project Inbox
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Duplicates (1):	571761 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2020-06-30 09:31 EDT by Matthias Sohn
Modified:	2021-10-07 02:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

See Also:	Gerrit Change Gerrit Change Git Commit Git Commit Gerrit Change Git Commit

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Description Matthias Sohn

2020-06-30 09:31:25 EDT

The git community is working on improving terminology to be more respectful and is working on adding support to use a different default branch name than "master"

They decided to introduce a new option core.defaultBranch to configure the default branch to be used e.g. when a new repository is created.

This new option didn't yet reach a git release, it's currently cooking [1].
Here is the original discussion on the git list [2].

In addition a new option core.mainBranch is being introduced to record to which name the default branch of a given repository was set [3].

JGit should also add support for these new options.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqimfid2l1.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200629085957.GS21462@kitsune.suse.cz/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/git/933e314813df34aafca1a47bfc1fcba389dd5364.1592225416.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/

Comment 1 Matthias Sohn

2020-11-11 20:03:32 EST

git now supports configuration of the default branch via option init.defaultbranch [4]

[4] https://git-scm.com/docs/git-config#Documentation/git-config.txt-initdefaultBranch

Comment 2 Eclipse Genie

2021-01-24 20:54:40 EST

New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/jgit/jgit/+/175296

Comment 3 Eclipse Genie

2021-01-24 20:54:42 EST

New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/jgit/jgit/+/175297

Comment 4 Eclipse Genie

2021-02-23 16:06:01 EST

Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/jgit/jgit/+/175296 was merged to [master].
Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/commit/?id=cb8924a80d9e07182a056c01acd418a6beddcc0f

Comment 5 Eclipse Genie

2021-02-23 16:06:03 EST

Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/jgit/jgit/+/175297 was merged to [master].
Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/jgit/jgit.git/commit/?id=927deed5a569bd09ad5d23e815bcc3d68d14de91

Comment 6 Eclipse Genie

2021-02-23 17:09:33 EST

New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/egit/egit/+/176758

Comment 7 Eclipse Genie

2021-02-24 02:54:43 EST

Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/c/egit/egit/+/176758 was merged to [master].
Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/egit/egit.git/commit/?id=4f9905f34036f72033b182d226e06a3b57e99ca4

Comment 8 Matthias Sohn

2021-03-07 17:18:57 EST

*** Bug 571761 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 9 Konrad Windszus

2021-10-07 02:59:39 EDT

Am I missing something or is the UI missing for renaming an unborn branch? When trying to commit to an empty repository (e.g. at GitHub) I only see the hint

"Unborn branch: this commit will create the branch 'master'". I can neither use "Team->Switch To->New Branch" nor "Team->Advanced->Rename Branch" in that situation. Is this already tracked somewhere?