From e8a681121b548b847f70a0e8a821dacb5bcb59d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Justin Murray Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 10:23:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Document default branch behavior Document the default behavior of renaming the `default` hg branch to `master` on git, and how to override from the command line when this causes problems. See also: #182 --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ec52ac8..8b0e6bb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ branch/tag names. In the future -n will become the default, but in order to not break existing incremental conversions, the default remains with the old behavior. +By default, the `default` mercurial branch is renamed to the `master` +branch on git. If your mercurial repo contains both `default` and +`master` branches, you'll need to override this behavior. Use +`-M ` to specify what name to give the `default` branch. + Content filtering -----------------