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Renaming git's main branch

2020-06-15 14:52:35.873272+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments

There's a trend to get away from "master/slave" terminology, and "git" is one place where that terminology carried over from bitkeeper.

Scott Hanselman — Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main.

How to create a git repository with the default branch name other than master?

Automatically retarget github pull requests from master to your new branch

The Twitter thread from where I pulled these resources.

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#Comment Re: Renaming git's main branch made: 2020-06-15 17:21:02.230529+00 by: TheSHAD0W

Just wait until they try redefining BDSM.

#Comment Re: Renaming git's main branch made: 2020-06-15 21:46:46.042442+00 by: Dan Lyke

Oh, there's already a ton of writing on race play and BDSM...

#Comment Re: Renaming git's main branch made: 2020-06-16 19:54:06.579524+00 by: TheSHAD0W

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