Post AxLNaFtDiSoFWqXKVs by adamchainz@fosstodon.org
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 (DIR) Post #Ax9WgHBEOmGAxXO6Ma by musicmatze@social.linux.pizza
       2025-08-14T06:55:17Z
       
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       TIL #git symbolic-refWHY DIDN'T I FIND THIS SOONER?
       
 (DIR) Post #AxA2iltgMUWPL3Pfou by salcode@phpc.social
       2025-08-14T12:54:17Z
       
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       @musicmatze I've not used git symbolic-refReading https://git-scm.com/docs/git-symbolic-ref, I'm not sure I'm seeing the use case.Do you have an example (or a link to a blog post) of where git symbolic-ref comes in handy?
       
 (DIR) Post #AxA8DNisn3pT6ymEts by musicmatze@social.linux.pizza
       2025-08-14T13:55:52Z
       
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       @salcodeHaving `master` instead of `main` even when upstream used the latter.
       
 (DIR) Post #AxI378OjuTCFL3Eicy by salcode@phpc.social
       2025-08-18T09:36:20Z
       
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       @musicmatze Thanks for calling out that git symbolic-ref can be used to alias between `main` and `master`I see @adamchainz has an article with details on this athttps://adamj.eu/tech/2022/10/27/git-how-to-alias-master-as-main/#git
       
 (DIR) Post #AxI7axoWE3bx14m1js by musicmatze@social.linux.pizza
       2025-08-18T10:26:34Z
       
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       @salcode @adamchainz nice article!But it is called "Keep it master stream"! 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #AxLNaFtDiSoFWqXKVs by adamchainz@fosstodon.org
       2025-08-20T00:09:50Z
       
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       @musicmatze @salcode 😱 💀