Default branch name in GitHub

[Ned Zimmerman]

I’m in full support of this!

Cheers,
Ned
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Ned Zimmerman (he/him)
Senior Inclusive Developer
Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
https://idrc.ocadu.ca

From: fluid-work <fluid-work-bounces at lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 10:29 AM
To: Justin Obara <obara.justin at gmail.com>
Cc: fluid-work at lists.idrc.ocad.ca <fluid-work at lists.idrc.ocad.ca>
Subject: Re: Default branch name in GitHub
Let’s switch to using “main”. It’s easy to do and more inclusive. https://dev.to/afrodevgirl/replacing-master-with-main-in-github-2fjf

Michelle




On Oct 20, 2020, at 9:17 AM, Justin Obara <obara.justin at gmail.com<mailto:obara.justin at gmail.com>> wrote:

While this has actually been in effect since Oct 1 I just now realized that by default GitHub creates new repositories using “main” instead of “master”. I’m not intending to weigh in on the naming debate here, but I do think we need consistency.

For details about the name change and how to manage it, see https://github.com/github/renaming

What I’d propose is that we pick a name that the community is most comfortable with. Below are the tasks to address after a decision is made.

Options:


  *   Keep Master:

     *   Update the organization settings for the “Repository default branch” name
     *   Change any newly created repos to use “master” as the default branch

  *   Use Main:

     *   Update all existing repos to use “main” as the default repo
     *   Update our individual forks as needed

  *   Use some other name:

     *   Update the organization settings for the “Repository default branch” name
     *   Update all existing repos to use “main” as the default repo
     *   Update our individual forks as needed

Thanks
Justin
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