Github Desktop won't update Default Branch to main

Describe the bug

In the repository and from the command and in every conceivable place I have updated my default to main. However, when I click on the dropdown from Github Desktop it still displays master as the Default branch.

NOTES:

• I have gone through every previous related issue and followed steps to solve to no avail.
• This command: git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD | sed ‘s@^refs/remotes/origin/@@’ returns: main
• master branch has been deleted

Version & OS

Github Desktop Version 2.9.6 (x64) macOS Monterey Version 12.0.1

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Change default to main in the repository and delete master
2. In every conceivable place change default branch to main
3. Rub these steps: git branch -m master main git fetch origin git branch -u origin/main main git remote set-head origin -a git branch -d -r origin/master
4. Confirm default is main using command line and checking repository and user settings
5. Restart computer and/or git
6. Notice that default in the dropdown still lists master

Expected behavior

Default should not point to a branch that doesn’t exist. It should match whatever the remote repository points to.

Actual behavior

It is not updating

Screenshots

The interface here won’t allow me to upload a screenshot.

Logs

Not sure if I can share these as this is work related

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[JakeSidSmith]

@steveward did you mean #14266 ? I’ve just clicked through to this same page more times than I’d care to admin. 😂

[steveward]

Thanks for the report @john-lebens-highspot. I tested this out a bit and it does seem that GitHub Desktop isn’t updating the default branch correctly. We’ve had reports of this in https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/11299 as well. I’ll label this a bug for us to look into.

For reference a fresh clone of the repository should resolve things.