[yunruse]

I prefer to default to `develop` and then eventually branch out to `release`: that way my branch names are pretty explicit. It seemed silly to me to start with a "central" branch, no matter the wording, because that's not actually how Git works (and it's rather uninformative).

For... some in the comment section, please recall the HN guideline: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

[kiicia]

I remember when default branch was simply `trunk`, but maybe that was in SVN not git… trunk goes well with branches, maybe git should stick (heh) to it

[pjbk]

Which for some of us, Spanish speakers, was on occasion amusing or lewd, depending on the context and culture. The Spanish equivalent is 'tronco' which is very similar and it is slang for a couple of things.

[frizlab]

I am also leaning towards this, especially for active repository where a magic or master branch does not mean anything

[frizlab]

s/repository/repositories;s/magic/main/

[cxr]

I sincerely hope you consider choosing "magic".

[orphea]

It's not silly at all, there are multiple ways how you can version your changes in git.