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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by rozab on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:33AM (#25138764)
This will have broken tens of thousands of beginner programming tutorials. Very unfortunate.
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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by jtlowe on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:20PM (#25139459)
Hopefully many of these tutorials will be updated or replaced by other resources over time.

It would be helpful if git threw a descriptive error when trying to check out 'master' if it doesn't exist, and is not set to the default branch.

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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by dspillett on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @12:14PM (#25139392)
Teaches the beginners a valuable lesson about relying on defaults I suppose...
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