Should the main branch be renamed to `main` instead of `master`

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Should the main branch be renamed to `main` instead of `master`

kamleshkc2002 opened this issue 4 years ago · comments

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With most of the repositories moving to rename the branch master to main, i think we should also follow suit. If agreed upon, i can work on this.

Simon Egersand · Answer 1 · Mon Jul 06 2020 23:38:38 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Sounds good to me! Not sure how much you can do without proper access to the repo but please give it a go. I don't think anyone would disagree to changing it.

Kamlesh · Answer 2 · Tue Jul 07 2020 22:38:28 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

yep, i cannot do much without having repo permissions. the least i can do is update the code references but someone has to clone the master branch into main branch.

Hugo van Kemenade · Answer 3 · Tue Jul 07 2020 22:59:45 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

merge #299
branch master to main
@sb2nov changes the default branch from master to main at https://github.com/sb2nov/mac-setup/settings/branches

Then in any order:

Update code references to master in main branch
Update code references to master in health-check branch
Delete master branch

Finally:

Make sure deploys work

Kamlesh · Answer 4 · Tue Jul 07 2020 23:22:51 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

these steps definitely make sense..

once the first 2 steps are complete, i can start on the rest

Simon Egersand · Answer 5 · Wed Jul 08 2020 04:11:46 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Ping @sb2nov 🏓

Sourabh Bajaj · Answer 6 · Wed Jul 08 2020 05:29:23 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Just updated the default branch, thank you so much for driving this :D

Simon Egersand · Answer 7 · Wed Jul 08 2020 13:24:24 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I just verified that the deploy works. Great job everyone!