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[v3,1/4] init: document `init.defaultBranch` better

Message ID 483e490349165223a80a0bdf7716c5189560c977.1606230450.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Add helpful advice about init.defaultBranch | expand

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Johannes Schindelin Nov. 24, 2020, 3:07 p.m. UTC 
From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Our documentation does not mention any future plan to change 'master' to
other value. It is a good idea to document this, though.

Initial-patch-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
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 Documentation/git-init.txt | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt
index 59ecda6c17..2b399cb73d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-init.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@  DESCRIPTION
 
 This command creates an empty Git repository - basically a `.git`
 directory with subdirectories for `objects`, `refs/heads`,
-`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial `HEAD` file that
-references the HEAD of the master branch is also created.
+`refs/tags`, and template files.  An initial branch without any
+commits will be created (see the `--initial-branch` option below
+for its name).
 
 If the `$GIT_DIR` environment variable is set then it specifies a path
 to use instead of `./.git` for the base of the repository.
@@ -73,8 +74,10 @@  If this is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified path.
 -b <branch-name>::
 --initial-branch=<branch-name>::
 
-Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created repository.
-If not specified, fall back to the default name: `master`.
+Use the specified name for the initial branch in the newly created
+repository.  If not specified, fall back to the default name (currently
+`master`, but that will be changed in the future; the name can be customized
+via the `init.defaultBranch` configuration variable).
 
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