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> git itself changing the default branch name to main was a sufficiently good reason for me to go for main as the default branch name for my projects as well. I
by JimDabell 6y ago
> git itself changing the default branch name to main was a sufficiently good reason for me to go for main as the default branch name for my projects as well. It's a central project and their decision carries weight, regardless of their motivation.
Git hasn’t changed the default. It’s still master. It’s GitHub that changed their default. The only thing Git has done is make it configurable.
- xyproto 6y agoYou are right. I thought git itself had changed the default branch from master to main, but I found no mention of that in the release notes. I was wrong on the internet.