How do folks feel about `prerelease` as a default branch name for open source projects
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Can't tell if you're joking or being serious, and if you're being serious I don't understand :)
Folks have been suggesting replacements for master as a primary branch name. For open source projects, `prerelease` seems like an excellent description of that branch
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Oh, I think it should be left as it is and people changing from master will be a PITA. I already have one client using "develop" as the main branch name, and it's very very annoying.
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"develop" makes sense to me, too. The issue is muscle memory? I honestly don't understand why git chose "master" in the first place. Why not "main" or "trunk" or hell, even "a" (like "foo", but starts a sequence of more than 3)
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I'm cool with "prerelease", but I'm also cool with "trunk", which, honestly is what I've always thought "master" should be.
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Trunk definitely is a better general purpose name
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My suggestion was “latest” but I think it has the same problem as “prerelease” in that it’s oriented around the head of that branch. Trunk or main have less of that issue
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