[petsc-dev] headsup: switch git default branch from 'master' to 'main'

[Satish Balay]

https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-main should be the primary

petsc-master, petsc-dev etc will be links to it - and should continue to work.

Satish

On Fri, 26 Feb 2021, Pierre Jolivet wrote:

> What about https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-master <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-master> ? Will it be moved to https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-main <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-main> or will only https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-dev <https://www.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-dev> remain online?
> 
> Thanks,
> Pierre
> 
> > On 26 Feb 2021, at 6:06 PM, Satish Balay via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> > 
> > I plan to delete 'master' immediately - so that folk don't assume it still exits and work with it [assuming its the latest, creating MRs against it etc..]
> > 
> > Satish
> > 
> > On Fri, 26 Feb 2021, Patrick Sanan wrote:
> > 
> >> The answers to these were probably stated already, but the reminder might be useful to others, as well.
> >> 
> >> What will happen to "master" after today? Will it be deleted immediately or at some planned time? If not immediately deleted, will it be updated to match main?
> >> 
> >>> Am 23.02.2021 um 18:19 schrieb Satish Balay via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov>:
> >>> 
> >>> All,
> >>> 
> >>> This is a heads-up, we are to switch the default branch in petsc git
> >>> repo from 'master' to 'main'
> >>> 
> >>> [Will plan to do the switch on friday the 26th]
> >>> 
> >>> We've previously switched 'maint' branch to 'release' before 3.14
> >>> release - and this change (to 'main') is the next step in this direction.
> >>> 
> >>> Satish
> >>> 
> >> 
> > 
> 
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