Default branch name in GitHub

[Colin Clark]

I think “main” is a good name too. I’m glad this is only a convention in Git so we’re free to choose. 

Colin

> On Oct 20, 2020, at 9:49 AM, Giovanni Tirloni <gtirloni at ocadu.ca> wrote:
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> +1 from me!
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> Another helpful blog post: https://www.hanselman.com/blog/easily-rename-your-git-default-branch-from-master-to-main
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> From: fluid-work <fluid-work-bounces at lists.idrc.ocad.ca> on behalf of Ned Zimmerman <nzimmerman at ocadu.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 10:30
> To: Michelle D'Souza <michelled33 at gmail.com>; 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
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> I’m in full support of this!
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> Cheers,
> Ned
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> Ned Zimmerman (he/him)
> Senior Inclusive Developer
> Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University
> https://idrc.ocadu.ca
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> 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
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> 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
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> Michelle
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> On Oct 20, 2020, at 9:17 AM, Justin Obara <obara.justin at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> For details about the name change and how to manage it, see https://github.com/github/renaming
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> 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.
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> Options:
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> 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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