Re: FYI: default branches for httpwg repos

This is now done - if you have a local copy of http-extensions or structured-header-tests, please run:

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

Cheers,


> On 14 Feb 2021, at 10:42 am, Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> We're in the process of changing the default branch from 'master' to 'main' for our repos; most of the repos are already done, because they're not actively used by multiple people, and so the risk of making the change was correspondingly low.
> 
> Now that we're comfortable with the process, we think the risk of a problem is slight and well-understood, and so are going to switch over the following repos:
> 
> * httpwg/http-extensions
> * httpwg/structured-field-tests
> 
> Github will automatically rewrite URLs, PRs, etc. to handle this; the only impact is that anyone with a clone of one of these repos will need to run:
> 
> git branch -m master main
> git fetch origin
> git branch -u origin/main main
> 
> You'll also see a notice with these instructions the first time you visit the repo on the Web after this change is made.
> 
> This will leave httpwg/http-core as the only httpwg repo with a 'master' branch. Given that core is about to ship, we thought it prudent to wait until the end of that process before making this change.
> 
> We expect to make this change in the next 48 hours, and will send out an e-mail when the process is completed, so that anyone with a local clone can run the commands above. Please get in touch with me or Tommy if you have any problems.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --
> Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/
> 
> 

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Mark Nottingham   https://www.mnot.net/

Received on Monday, 15 February 2021 06:31:56 UTC