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Rename "master" branch to "main" #630

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derks opened this issue Jul 3, 2022 · 1 comment
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Rename "master" branch to "main" #630

derks opened this issue Jul 3, 2022 · 1 comment
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derks commented Jul 3, 2022

The term master is a tier-1 (replace immediately) word determined by the Inclusive Naming Initiative. As Github has made main the default branch, we want to rename master to main as the default development branch.

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derks commented Jul 3, 2022

note to developers, you may meed to run the following per Github notes on renaming the default branch from master to main:

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git remote set-head origin -a

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