Re: elpa.git and `new-master`

[Boruch Baum]

On 2020-12-16 22:41, Juri Linkov wrote:
> > I don't have a strong opinion on the specific color of this bikeshed
> > ("master" is convenient because it's less work to implement, "trunk" is
> > what I got used to back in Bzr days and what I thus keep using locally,
> > but "main" is more meaningful (and "virtue signaling")).
> >
> > My original plan was to rename `new-master` to `master`, but I'd be
> > happy to rename it to `main` instead.
>
> For the sake of completion, either `master` or `main` is fine, but
> please don't add both branches with the same prefix.  For example,
> I use completion on branch names all the time, and it's very convenient
> to quickly type just `o TAB m TAB` or `o/m TAB` to complete the
> `origin/master` branch.  Having two branches with the same prefix `ma-`
> would be a hassle.

Good point. How about using an underscore to prefix the
obsolesced branch? I don't want to suggest a dash prefix because that
can always down the line confuse shell scripts.

Example: _main-obsolete-YYYY-MM-DD

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