# Re: \[PATCH\] "master" should be treated no differently from any other branch

- From: John W. Linville \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-08-11 19:25:01 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/08/7688402
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2016/08/7688853/t.md

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On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 03:19:44PM +0000, Andy Parkins wrote:
> This patch makes all merge log messages of the form:
> 
>   Merge branch XXXX into YYYY
> 
> Regardless of whether YYYY is master or not.
> 
> "master" shouldn't get special treatment; making different log messages
> based on the name of the branch is bad form.  What if a user likes
> "my/master" or "my/head" as their master branch?

Why not drop the "into YYYY" part for everyone else?  I don't find
it useful at all, and is just confusing if I merge to a temporary
branch and then pull that into master later.

John
-- 
John W. Linville
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