Main Branches Renamed
As most git users are aware, the default branch name in git changed from
master
to main
a while ago. Since I maintain projects created both before
and after this change, some maintenance tasks have become more difficult to
automate as a result (and I'm a sucker for consistency).
I put off dealing with this because I was planning to make master
branches
disappear at the same time APIs are broken, but that wasn't a good idea for
several reasons beyond the scope of this post. So, I've changed all of my
personal projects, and all projects maintained under the LV2 umbrella, to use
main
.
If you're tracking any of those repositories, maintain packaging infrastructure, or similar, please update your local trees and/or configuration accordingly. It's best to rename the local branch with git, since this preserves your local reftree and avoids accidental use of the old name:
git branch -m master main