<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 4:53 PM James Y Knight via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">I notice that on <a href="https://github.com/github/renaming" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/github/renaming</a> it says:</div><strong><div dir="auto"><strong><br></strong></div></strong>"""If you haven’t renamed your default branch yet, consider waiting until <a href="https://github.com/github/renaming#later-this-year" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">later this year</a>.
We’re investing in tools to make renaming the default branch of an
existing repository a seamless experience for both maintainers and
contributors."""<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Is that not relevant/not useful for us to wait for that?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>They expand on this at the end of the document: <a href="https://github.com/github/renaming#later-this-year-seamless-move-for-existing-repositories-">https://github.com/github/renaming#later-this-year-seamless-move-for-existing-repositories-</a></div><div>None of the items seemed particularly helpful. The main feature I'd have wanted would have a server side mirroring of main to master, but we can emulate this with a github action (as Mike plans to do).</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Mehdi</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 6:57 PM Mike Edwards via llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Everyone,<br><div>Many tech communities, including <a href="https://github.com/github/renaming" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">GitHub</a> and <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jun/23/gitbranchname/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Git</a>,
have moved away from term “master branch” and replaced it with “main
branch” in an</div><div> effort to remove unnecessary references to slavery and use
more inclusive terms. This was also discussed on the <a href="https://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2020-June/142445.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">LLVM-dev mailing list</a><br></div><div>and
there was strong consensus from LLVM Developers’ that the LLVM Project
should also rename our master branch as well. Now that</div><div> an industry
standard name has been selected by GitHub, the LLVM Project can begin
the renaming process of the default branch to “main”. </div><font color="#888888"></font><br><b>This change will occur at **06:00GMT on Monday December 7, 2020** (time is **GMT**, please adjust for your local timezone).</b><br><br>To make this as easy as possible we plan to do the following <b>prior to November 20, 2020</b>:<br>* Create a new branch named 'test-main' on the llvm-project repository<br> * This branch will be read-only except for the llvmbot account<br> * Setup a GitHub action to mirror commits from 'master' to ‘test-main' automatically<br> * Allow the configuration to soak for a few days to ensure everything works<br>* Create a new branch named “main” on the llvm-project repository<br> * This branch will be readonly initially<br> * Reuse the previous Github Action to mirror master to main<br> * This configuration will stay in place until cutover takes place on Dec. 7 <br><br><b>On December 7, 2020</b>:<br>* We will lock the master branch and change it to be readonly (with the exception of llvmbot)<br>* Switch the GitHub action to mirror commits from the new main branch back to the old master branch<br>* Make a few test commits to ensure the GitHub action is functioning as expected<br>* Open the main branch to commits from community members<br>* In parallel we will begin to work through the rest of the llvm organization repositories to update branch names as well<br>* We will update the developer policy to reflect the change in workflow<br><br><b>On January 7, 2021</b>:<br>* We will remove the ‘master’ branch from all repositories in the llvm organization<br><br>As we work towards December 7, 2020 we are going to set up a test of this system on a fork of the llvm-project<br>in order to simulate the cutover. If we encounter any issues we will update the community on llvm-dev.<br>We expect the llvm-project repository to be unavailable to developers for approximately 1 hour while the<br>switch is made. Lockout will occur promptly at 06:00GMT on the 7th. Certainly if we finish sooner, we will<br>update llvm-dev to let everyone know the repository is available for use once again.<br><br>We know this has been a long process and we want to thank everyone for their patience. We look forward to getting<br>the project completed soon.<br><br>Respectfully,<br><br>Mike Edwards<br>On Behalf Of the LLVM Foundation<br></div>
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