So creating a new repo on GitHub, you get a set of getting started steps. They changed the default branchname to “main” from “master” due to its connotations with slavery.

When I create a new repo now, the initial getting started steps recommend creating a branch named “master” as opposed to “main” as it was a while ago.

It’s especially weird since the line git branch -M master is completely unnecessary, since git init still sets you up with a “master” branch.

Disclaimer: I have a bunch of private repos, and my default branchnames are pretty much all “master”.

Is this a recent change?

Edit: Mystery solved, my default branchname is “master”. Thanks bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone !

  • boatswain@infosec.pub
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    14 hours ago

    That you’d be a bad teammate: the kind of person who puts personal preference above what the group has decided and causes problems for no good reason; the kind of person who would insist on indenting with spaces when the whole team has decided to use tabs.

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      8 hours ago

      my editor converts tabs to spaces and back again. so that’s a non-issue.

      I do put personal preference ahead of what the group wants if the group wants something that has been called “frivolous” and “not that big of a deal”.

      I don’t understand how I’m the asshole if I’m the one made responsible for setting the standards for the team.