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Default branch to is always set to "master"

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Description

When making a new branch, the default selected branch is always master even if the default branch is set to develop or feature on Github.

Version

GitHub Desktop:

1.6.2

Operating system:

Mac OS 10.14.2

Steps to Reproduce

create a new branch from github desktop
the default selected branch is always master

Expected Behavior

Uses the default branch setting from the Github settings for the repo.

Actual Behavior

It’s always using master as the default branch to create branches off instead of the actual default branch setting from Github.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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stevewardcommented, Feb 15, 2019

@Eyesonly88 as a workaround you can clone a fresh copy of the repository, which should cause the correct default branch to be recognized (I just tested this behavior). Let me know if that doesn’t work for you.

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francoioscommented, Nov 25, 2019

Hello guys, it seems for me that the solutions above are not working the only solution i found to corect it was to re-clone the repo. so the issue remain Open

and yes i tried all the mentionned solution even reloading the repo