[mapserver-dev] Motion: rename default 'master' branch to 'main'

[Jeff McKenna]

Updates: earlier today the default branch for the 'MapServer-demo' 
repository was changed to 'main'.

I have recorded the steps to adapt your fork or local clone to the 
renamed default branch at 
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/Renamed-Default-Branch (with 
screencaptures etc).

If you don't want to follow that page, at the minimum you can locally 
execute at the commandline, to update your local clone:

   git branch -m master main
   git fetch origin
   git branch -u origin/main main

I am going to proceed with the rest of the 'MapServer organization' 
repositories now... (and fix the errors ha)

Wishing all a nice quiet weekend,

-jeff



On 2021-01-13 5:47 p.m., Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Sounds good for testing one repository (and yes to Jerome/MapCache and 
> Bruno's request for other projects under the MapServer umbrella). 
> Honestly I'm most worried of impacts of the website publishing process, 
> but since it is based on a branch other than master it should be ok, but 
> I agree to test on 'mapserver-demo'.  Maybe this Friday will be the day 
> to test.
> 
> (it should be 'easy', but with any change like this there must be some 
> undocumented impacts - such as updating the docs for 'master' references 
> etc - there will definitely be impacts like that coming, and will try to 
> fix them as fast as possible)
> 
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 2021-01-13 4:50 p.m., Steve Lime wrote:
>> +1 but would it make sense to try with one of the lesser projects 
>> (e.g. mapserver-demo) first? That is, before pushing the big red 
>> button - fork it, clone it locally, clone the fork and then push the 
>> button - and then document the changes necessary to recover.
>>
>> --Steve
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 2:54 PM Jeff McKenna 
>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi PSC,
>>
>>     Some may remember a past discussion here about possibly renaming our
>>     'master' branch to a less insensitive name as 'main'.  It was
>>     decided to
>>     wait a bit, as Github stated that by January 2021 it would make it
>>     easier to change the default branch name
>>     (https://github.com/github/renaming
>>     <https://github.com/github/renaming>).
>>
>>     I have checked our settings today and indeed it is now possible 
>> through
>>     the regular settings.
>>
>>     For our code repository, 'MapServer', here is the dialog window 
>> before
>>     pressing the 'rename branch' button:
>>     https://pasteboard.co/JJlr3xy.png <https://pasteboard.co/JJlr3xy.png>
>>
>>     For those not wanting to click an external link, it states that 
>> Github
>>     will automatically:
>>     - update 8 pull requests targeting this branch across 6 repositories
>>     - update 1 branch protection rule that explicitly targets 'master'
>>     *note that renaming this branch will not update your members' local
>>     environments
>>
>>     For our documentation repository, 'MapServer-documentation', here is
>>     the
>>     dialog window before pressing the 'rename branch' button:
>>     https://pasteboard.co/JJluDt6.png <https://pasteboard.co/JJluDt6.png>
>>
>>     As you can see the impacts on the documentation are less because 
>> there
>>     are no open pull requests etc.
>>
>>     So, it is a good time to move forward with this.  Could there be some
>>     other impacts?  Possibly, but I believe it is worth trying now, 
>> and we
>>     can adapt if necessary.
>>
>>     I motion to rename the default 'master' branch to 'main' for the
>>     MapServer and MapServer-documentation repositories.
>>
>>     I'll start with a +1
>>
>>
>>
>>     PS. happy 2021 to everyone
>>
>>     -jeff
>>
>>