You can set the default branch [1] which will be shown on your repo's page and used by default for pull request.. I guess it should take the templates from that

You can set the default branch [1] which will be shown on your repo's page and used by default for pull request.. I guess it should take the templates from that branch [1] https://help.github.com/articles/setting-the-default-branch/ https://help.github.com/articles/setting-the-default-branch/