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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
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        Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2020-Jun-16, Tom Lane wrote:
>> "master" is the default branch name established by git, is it not?  Not
>> something we picked.

> Git itself is discussing this:
> https://public-inbox.org/git/41438A0F-50E4-4E58-A3A7-3DAAECB5576B@jramsa=
y.com.au/T/#t
> and it seems that "main" is the winning choice.

Oh, interesting.  If they do change I'd be happy to follow suit.
But let's wait and see what they do, rather than possibly ending
up with our own private convention.

			regards, tom lane