Running tests fails if git's `init.defaultbranch` is not set to `master`

[purp]

Running tests fails if git's `init.defaultbranch` is not set to `master`

[benjaminwil]

I’d be happy to do it in the next couple of days. I will also add a couple of sentences context about why this might be necessary in 2023.

[purp]

Had a look at several possible ways to fix and have no idea what's the right one. Workaround's annoying but good enough for what I came to do.

[dometto]

Thanks for the report. This is actually an issue I ran into when trying to change the branch name for the gollum repository to main, it's helpful to have this issue as a reminder.

[benjaminwil]

I've also run into this issue. To work around it, I set my local git config for the Gollum repo(s):

cd my-gollum-project
git config --local init.defaultbranch=master

But I think this isn't really a totally foolproof way of dealing with the issue. And I don't think it would be right to commit any git config to the repository.

That said, we could at least add that in the CONTRIBUTING instructions to the "Set up your development environment" section. What do you think?

[dometto]

That said, we could at least add that in the CONTRIBUTING instructions to the "Set up your development environment" section. What do you think?

That seems like a good temporary solution! Anyone have a moment to add this to CONTRIBUTING?