[DISCUSS] Rename the "master" branch to "main" or "develop"?

[Christofer Dutz <ch...@c-ware.de>]

Hi all,

I just noticed the first code has come in ... but I saw it was named "master".
You probably didn't know, but in 2020 there was a huge discussion about naming main branches "master" here at Apache (and obviously also in the rest of the world)

I would like to start a discussion on if the Wayang should also rename the main/development branch to something else.

I personally am not a big fan of "main" as main branch, as it sort of doesn't explain what's happening on the branch ... is this where development is happening or is it where the latest release version is merged to?
Personally I'm a big fan of naming the main development branch "develop" and the branch where releases go to "release".
But that's up to the project :-)

Chris

Re: [DISCUSS] Rename the "master" branch to "main" or "develop"?

[bertty contreras <be...@gmail.com>]

Ok i will rename the branches :) in that way :)
On Fri, 22 Jan 2021 at 06:09 Alexander Alten-Lorenz <al...@scalytics.io>
wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Develop -> dev branch
> Release -> main branch
>
> I’m not a fan of main or head either, so the suggestion of Chris are fine.
>
> —Alex
>
> —
> Alexander Alten-Lorenz
> Co-founder and CTO
>
> > On 22. Jan 2021, at 09:36, Christofer Dutz <ch...@c-ware.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just noticed the first code has come in ... but I saw it was named
> "master".
> > You probably didn't know, but in 2020 there was a huge discussion about
> naming main branches "master" here at Apache (and obviously also in the
> rest of the world)
> >
> > I would like to start a discussion on if the Wayang should also rename
> the main/development branch to something else.
> >
> > I personally am not a big fan of "main" as main branch, as it sort of
> doesn't explain what's happening on the branch ... is this where
> development is happening or is it where the latest release version is
> merged to?
> > Personally I'm a big fan of naming the main development branch "develop"
> and the branch where releases go to "release".
> > But that's up to the project :-)
> >
> > Chris
>

Re: [DISCUSS] Rename the "master" branch to "main" or "develop"?

[Alexander Alten-Lorenz <al...@scalytics.io>]

Hey,

Develop -> dev branch
Release -> main branch

I’m not a fan of main or head either, so the suggestion of Chris are fine.

—Alex 

—
Alexander Alten-Lorenz 
Co-founder and CTO

> On 22. Jan 2021, at 09:36, Christofer Dutz <ch...@c-ware.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just noticed the first code has come in ... but I saw it was named "master".
> You probably didn't know, but in 2020 there was a huge discussion about naming main branches "master" here at Apache (and obviously also in the rest of the world)
> 
> I would like to start a discussion on if the Wayang should also rename the main/development branch to something else.
> 
> I personally am not a big fan of "main" as main branch, as it sort of doesn't explain what's happening on the branch ... is this where development is happening or is it where the latest release version is merged to?
> Personally I'm a big fan of naming the main development branch "develop" and the branch where releases go to "release".
> But that's up to the project :-)
> 
> Chris