On 5/3/2021 9:27 PM, Terry Reedy wrote:
On 5/3/2021 7:45 PM, Tim Peters wrote:
I'm guessing it's time to fiddle local CPython clones to account for master->main renaming now?
Blob 2 ("upstream"):
""" The CPython repository's default branch was renamed from ``master`` to
``main`` after the Python 3.10b1 release. If you had cloned the repository before this change, you can rename your local branch as follows::
git branch -m master main git fetch upstream git branch -u upstream/main main """
From my dim understanding, "upstream" makes more sense, but I don't know.
For 'pull from upsteam, push to origin' workflow, https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/renaming-a-bran...
says the 2nd, + git remote set-head origin -a
+ optionally, 'to remove tracking references to the old branch name' git remote prone origin
When I did this, there was a '[pruned]' line for every branch ever on the fork (about 200 for me), including the bots temporary backport branches.
I am now preparing a small PR and will test if creation works as usual.
It does. -- Terry Jan Reedy