rename master to main

following this example

If someone has a local clone, then can update their locals like this:

$ git checkout master
$ git branch -m master main
$ git fetch
$ git branch --unset-upstream
$ git branch -u origin/main
$ git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

[markusweimer]

But why? Why create friction for no apparent benefit?

The benefit is the reduction of language in tech that is uncomfortable from a race relations perspective in the US.

At the same time, it is just good naming. Finding good names in software is always hard. And master is particularly useless choice of name: There is nothing the master branch particularly excels at. But it is where the main part of the development happens. Hence, main is much more clear, concise and appropriate name.

[ksaur]

Doesn’t renaming it also create inconsistencies with other projects on GitHub?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/