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> On 22 Jul 2021, at 15:14, Montes, Julio <julio.montes at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Dan and Archana, right now we have both master and main in all
> repositories (i.e 
> https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers/tree/master), so I
> wanted to have the same "template" in the govmm repository.
> 
> my question is, should we get rid of the master branch? 

It looks like main should have been renamed earlier, and we just did not know.

As long as master is a strict subset of main, there is just no reason to keep it around.

> 
> IMHO, yes but I'd like to see what do you (community) think...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> --
> Julio
> 
> On Thu, 2021-07-22 at 08:18 +0000, Shinde, Archana M wrote:
>> Thanks Dan for the pointer! That is useful indeed.  Sounds like
>> Julio, instead of creating a copy and archiving the older master
>> branch, you can simply rename using the steps outlined here:
>> https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/managing-branches-in-your-repository/renaming-a-branch
>> 
>> -Archana
>> 
>> On 7/22/21, 2:17 AM, "Middleton, Dan" <dan.middleton at intel.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Hi,
>>    I'm new the community, so sorry if I have the wrong context. 
>>    If the goal is just to rename the branch I believe you can do
>> that automagically now without manual copies and deletes...
>>    https://github.com/github/renaming#rename-existing
>>    " Renaming a branch will:
>>    * Re-target any open pull requests
>>    * Update any draft releases based on the branch
>>    * Move any branch protection rules that explicitly reference the
>> old name
>>    * Update the branch used to build GitHub Pages, if applicable
>>    * Show a notice to repository contributors, maintainers, and
>> admins on the repository homepage with instructions to update local
>> copies of the repository
>>    * Show a notice to contributors who git push to the old branch
>>    * Redirect web requests for the old branch name to the new branch
>> name
>>    * Return a "Moved Permanently" response in API requests for the
>> old branch name"
>> 
>>    Regards,
>>    Dan
>> 
>> 
>>    On 7/21/21, 3:32 PM, "Montes, Julio" <julio.montes at intel.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>        Hi kata-folks
>> 
>>        I'm planning to create a copy of master branch in the
>> govmm[1]
>>        repository called main, main will be the principal branch and
>> master
>>        will be archived (if this is possible). I will make the
>> changes needed
>>        in the kata-containers repository to support the previous
>> change.
>> 
>>        Please speak up if you see any inconvenience or disagree with
>> that
>>        change.
>> 
>>        Thanks
>> 
>>        --
>>        Julio
>> 
>>        [1]: https://github.com/kata-containers/govmm
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