Re: how to rename remote branches, the long way

On 2021-04-24 at 03:44:34, Felipe Contreras wrote:

I see.

That makes me think we might want a converter that translates
(local)main -> (remote)master, and (remote)master -> (local)mail
everywhere, so if your eyes have trouble seeing one, you can configure
git to simply see the other... Without bothering the rest of the word.

I'll give that idea a try.

I don't believe this is a helpful response, and judging from the
follow-up, neither did the OP.  They're not trying to do anything
dangerous, improvident, or harmful to others and they are trying to
solve a problem that many people have and that is due to an inherent
limitation in Git (its inability to rename remote branches easily[0]), so
there's no reason to respond in this way.

There is a difference between being firm and steadfast, such as when
responding to someone who repeatedly advocates an inadvisable technical
approach, and being rude and sarcastic, especially to someone who is
genuinely trying to improve things, and I think this crosses the line.
I'd appreciate it if we could aim to avoid the latter type of response
and not scare off new participants to the community right away.

I realize I also sometimes fall short of where I should be in terms of
kindness on the list and elsewhere, but I hope we'll all endeavor to do
better here.

[0] Regardless of how you feel about this _particular_ rename, one would
want the ability to do this to preserve reflogs for _all_ remote
renames, and so this would be a valuable and desirable feature to have
in Git anyway.
-- 
brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Houston, Texas, US