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Re: generating a git repo: main instead of master
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tomas |
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Re: generating a git repo: main instead of master |
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Sun, 13 Nov 2022 09:33:16 +0100 |
On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 09:03:25AM +0100, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> It seems that more and more public repositories expect that the principal git
> branch should be «main» instead of «master»
>
>
> However, the following steps in emacs lead to a git repository, where the
> principal branch is master instead of main.
You can change the master branch name to main with
git branch -m master main
(think "move"). It is polite to coordinate with other people who
might have cloned your repo :)
To change the default at git init
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
(git >= 2.28)
Cheers
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