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-rw-r--r--refs.c18
-rwxr-xr-xt/t0001-init.sh9
-rwxr-xr-xt/t1510-repo-setup.sh2
-rw-r--r--t/test-lib-functions.sh4
4 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index 8df03122d6..13dc2c3291 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -562,6 +562,19 @@ void expand_ref_prefix(struct strvec *prefixes, const char *prefix)
strvec_pushf(prefixes, *p, len, prefix);
}
+static const char default_branch_name_advice[] = N_(
+"Using '%s' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name\n"
+"is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all\n"
+"of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:\n"
+"\n"
+"\tgit config --global init.defaultBranch <name>\n"
+"\n"
+"Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and\n"
+"'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:\n"
+"\n"
+"\tgit branch -m <name>\n"
+);
+
char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r, int quiet)
{
const char *config_key = "init.defaultbranch";
@@ -574,8 +587,11 @@ char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r, int quiet)
else if (repo_config_get_string(r, config_key, &ret) < 0)
die(_("could not retrieve `%s`"), config_display_key);
- if (!ret)
+ if (!ret) {
ret = xstrdup("master");
+ if (!quiet)
+ advise(_(default_branch_name_advice), ret);
+ }
full_ref = xstrfmt("refs/heads/%s", ret);
if (check_refname_format(full_ref, 0))
diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh
index bb23e56a16..0803994874 100755
--- a/t/t0001-init.sh
+++ b/t/t0001-init.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ test_expect_success 'reinit' '
(
mkdir again &&
cd again &&
- git init >out1 2>err1 &&
+ git -c init.defaultBranch=initial init >out1 2>err1 &&
git init >out2 2>err2
) &&
test_i18ngrep "Initialized empty" again/out1 &&
@@ -558,6 +558,13 @@ test_expect_success 'overridden default initial branch name (config)' '
grep nmb actual
'
+test_expect_success 'advice on unconfigured init.defaultBranch' '
+ GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME= git -c color.advice=always \
+ init unconfigured-default-branch-name 2>err &&
+ test_decode_color <err >decoded &&
+ test_i18ngrep "<YELLOW>hint: " decoded
+'
+
test_expect_success 'overridden default main branch name (env)' '
test_config_global init.defaultBranch nmb &&
GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=env git init main-branch-env &&
diff --git a/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh b/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
index 9974457f56..bbfe05b8e4 100755
--- a/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
+++ b/t/t1510-repo-setup.sh
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ setup_repo () {
name=$1 worktreecfg=$2 gitfile=$3 barecfg=$4 &&
sane_unset GIT_DIR GIT_WORK_TREE &&
- git init "$name" &&
+ git -c init.defaultBranch=initial init "$name" &&
maybe_config "$name/.git/config" core.worktree "$worktreecfg" &&
maybe_config "$name/.git/config" core.bare "$barecfg" &&
mkdir -p "$name/sub/sub" &&
diff --git a/t/test-lib-functions.sh b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
index 59bbf75e83..9910102ae1 100644
--- a/t/test-lib-functions.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib-functions.sh
@@ -1202,7 +1202,9 @@ test_create_repo () {
mkdir -p "$repo"
(
cd "$repo" || error "Cannot setup test environment"
- "${GIT_TEST_INSTALLED:-$GIT_EXEC_PATH}/git$X" init \
+ "${GIT_TEST_INSTALLED:-$GIT_EXEC_PATH}/git$X" -c \
+ init.defaultBranch="${GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME-master}" \
+ init \
"--template=$GIT_BUILD_DIR/templates/blt/" >&3 2>&4 ||
error "cannot run git init -- have you built things yet?"
mv .git/hooks .git/hooks-disabled