Sharing to ease thinking about a good, matching name before we talk about how and when:
https://github.com/sthagen/valid-branch-names My question was mostly practical (the one asking for branch off and merge to) - I understand I should use master as before. PS: For the elderly like me, tag like branches could remind us of the good old times, like <xml> at
https://github.com/sthagen/valid-branch-names/tree/%3Cxml%3E Best, Stefan On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, at 19:29, Aditya Sharad wrote: Sharing in case this helps before we discuss in person: GitHub now allows you to rename the existing `master` branch to `main`, rather than making a copy named `main`. If you do this, it will update most references, PRs, and links automatically, though local clones will still need to be updated manually. Here are the GitHub docs on the topic:
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/configuring-branches-and-merges-in-your-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/renaming-a-branch On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 9:46 AM David Keaton <
dmk@dmk.com > wrote: I will add this discussion to the agenda. Since the industry in general is moving from master to main, it is a good idea to align with current practice, though there may be various ideas about how to migrate. David On 2022-07-12 09:39, Stefan Hagen wrote: > Hi, > > should we talk about such actions beforehand in the TC meeting? I would > prefer that. > > Question from which branch should I best branch off to create the new > minutes draft for the meeting on Thursday? > > â and to which branch should I target the pull request we use for the > live document before and during the meeting? > > Thanks, > Stefan > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, at 18:23, Michael Fanning wrote: >> >> Iâve created a copy of our current âmasterâ branch into the new >> primary development branch âmainâ. >> >> >> I **think** that GitHub will automatically redirect URL references >> from âmasterâ to âmainâ, when appropriate. This should mean that any >> existing references to our checked in schemata continue to work (see >> below for an example). >> >> >> I intend to test this soon by deleting the master branch and verifying >> these URLs still resolve. I wanted to give everyone here a heads up >> first, though, so people have a chance to switch over to âmainâ. >> >> >> MCF >> >> >>
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oasis-tcs/sarif-spec/master/Schemata/sarif-external-property-file-schema-2.1.0.json >> <
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oasis-tcs/sarif-spec/master/Schemata/sarif-external-property-file-schema-2.1.0.json > >> >> >> After our errata update, the link above will be rendered as. >> Hopefully, previous references to the link above will continue to work >> after I delete the âmasterâ branch. If thatâs not correct, we will >> retain the schemata in an archived âmasterâ branch. >> >> >>
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oasis-tcs/sarif-spec/main/Schemata/sarif-external-property-file-schema-2.1.0.json >> <
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