[development] git main branch - how to use it, or not use it

[Arlin Sandbulte]

Yes, Sam recommended the same thing in IRC.
Here is the relevant issue:
http://drupal.org/node/1074960 - Let maintainers set a default branch on git
repositories
Discussion can continue there.

This lets module maintainers delete the master branch without creating a big
WTF when someone clones the repository that does not have a master branch,
or it does have a master branch, but it is not relevant to anything.

On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Randy Fay <randy at randyfay.com> wrote:

> You seem to be talking about the default 'master' branch.
>
> In general, we recommend not using a 'master' branch any more.
>
> For a release branch (one that can have a dev release following it), use a
> branch name like 7.x-1.x
>
> For a topic branch, you can use any name you want, but it's often good to
> use a naming convention.
>
> For local topic branches I use something like [description]_[issue] or
> [description]_[issue]/[comment_number]. So for example,
> fix_broken_headers_99394 or fix_broken_headers_99394/22.
>
> For topic branches that you will push up, you may want to use a username on
> the front in some cases, to point out who the "owner" is. Then a branch
> could be named like
>
> rfay/fix_broken_headers_99394
>
> I did a recent screencast about pushing and deleting topic branches,
> http://randyfay.com/node/96, that might be useful.
>
> -Randy
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Arlin Sandbulte <arlinsandbulte at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> There is a lot of discussion and ideas about git work flows right now.
>> It will probably take some time for best practices to evolve and gain
>> acceptance on d.o
>>
>> Regarding the main branch, others have said it seems pretty useless when a
>> release (dev in particular) cannot be attached to it anyway.
>> I think the only thing 'special' about main is that it is the default
>> checked out branch when cloning a repository.
>> So, what to do with it...
>>
>> I like the way the rules project seems to be handling it:
>> Just have a readme on the main branch noting that all files are located on
>> other branches and all work should be done there.  (Even though this might
>> be a carryover from the good ole CVS days.)
>> Any other suggestions or words of wisdom?
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Randy Fay
> Drupal Module and Site Development
> randy at randyfay.com
> +1  970.462.7450
>
>
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