tests: start moving to a different default main branch name

To allow for an incremental conversion to a new default main branch
name, let's introduce `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_MAIN_BRANCH_NAME`. This
environment variable can be set at the top of each converted test
script, overriding the default main branch name to use when initializing
new repositories (or cloning empty repositories).

Note: the `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_MAIN_BRANCH_NAME` is _not_ intended to be
used manually; many tests require a specific main branch name and cannot
simply work with another one. This `GIT_TEST_*` variable is meant purely
for the transitional period while the entire test suite is converted to
use `main` as the initial branch name by default.

We also introduce the `PREPARE_FOR_MAIN_BRANCH` prereq that determines
whether the default main branch name is `main`, and adjust a couple of
test functions to use it. This prereq will be used to temporarily
disable a couple test cases to allow for adjusting the test script
incrementally. Once an entire test is adjusted, we will adjust the test
so that it is run with `GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_MAIN_BRANCH_NAME=main`.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c
index fa01153151..392f0bbf68 100644
--- a/refs.c
+++ b/refs.c
@@ -567,8 +567,11 @@ char *repo_default_branch_name(struct repository *r)
 	const char *config_key = "init.defaultbranch";
 	const char *config_display_key = "init.defaultBranch";
 	char *ret = NULL, *full_ref;
+	const char *env = getenv("GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME");
 
-	if (repo_config_get_string(r, config_key, &ret) < 0)
+	if (env && *env)
+		ret = xstrdup(env);
+	else if (repo_config_get_string(r, config_key, &ret) < 0)
 		die(_("could not retrieve `%s`"), config_display_key);
 
 	if (!ret)