[GNC-dev] Git branches

[Geert Janssens]

I'm fine with just doing the simple name change for our two primary branches as it's the 
option of least effort.

I'd rather have a different name than "main" though. It's a bit ambiguous and like "master" 
suggesting this branch is somehow more important than the other long-term branch 
"maint". I'd rather have names that help guide contributors to the right branch to work from. 
I don't think there's a silver bullet here though, but some names may give more of a hint 
than others. Some suggestions:

* "current" vs "future" as shorthands for "current-release-series" or "future-release-series" 
* "maintenance" ("maint") vs "development" ("devel")
* "stable" vs "development"

That said, I'm also very interested in the single branch model as alternative. Discussion on 
that is for another message.

Regards,

Geert

Op maandag 14 november 2022 20:59:26 CET schreef john:
> > On Nov 14, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Alex Aycinena <alex.aycinena at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > how about a simple change, like calling it 'main' rather than
> > 'master' and keeping the existing pattern for branches.
> 
> That would be OK as long as long as the two names aren't similar. main and
> stable would be OK; with main and maint one is far too likely to do
> something to the wrong branch.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
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