Git 2.28-rc1 Released - Continues The Transition Towards SHA256 Plus Moving Off "Master"

[tomas]

Exactly, but that does not prevent me to have opinions about the work being done. I'm used to say "If it stinks, it's probably shit" and I feel this one stinks a lot.

Yes, it really stinks that they want to make it configurable what to name the initial branch in a git repo. How dare they!

[tomas]

I think the following note from the git documentation about the "master" branch really says it all:

NOTE: The “master” branch in Git is not a special branch. It is exactly like any other branch. The only reason nearly every repository has one is that the git init command creates it by default and most people don’t bother to change it.

https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell