From 001cd00bcd123cd1eab6ebd1b85afd7b0aa994fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo Buddelmeijer Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 09:50:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc: Briefly discuss default git branch name. * doc/contributing.texi (Building from git): Discuss branch name. Change-Id: I9ddb9318749c7974a8724355c1a6b18a98fa9e8e Signed-off-by: Gabriel Wicki --- doc/contributing.texi | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/contributing.texi b/doc/contributing.texi index d1e2e63758b..66ea408e243 100644 --- a/doc/contributing.texi +++ b/doc/contributing.texi @@ -134,7 +134,11 @@ C++11 standard. @section Building from Git If you want to hack Guix itself, it is recommended to use the latest -version from the Git repository: +version from the Git repository@footnote{ +Guix uses @code{master} as the default branch name. A proposal in 2025 to +change the default branch name to @code{main} did not reach consensus. +See @uref{https://codeberg.org/guix/guix-consensus-documents/src/branch/main/003-rename-default-branch.md, +Guix Consensus Document 003}.}: @example git clone https://git.guix.gnu.org/guix.git