Re: [PATCH] rename default branch from 'master' to 'main' in refs and test scripts

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 26, 2025, 11:20 UTC
Message-ID: <d471591b-5f95-497e-ac5f-bf186a3c05a1@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <0a574b62-273e-4519-855f-66c554cd93c7@gmail.com>

On 26/08/2025 10:58, Phillip Wood wrote:

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> On 26/08/2025 05:52, Wing Huang via GitGitGadget wrote:
>> From: Wing Huang <huangsen365@gmail.com>
>>
>>      rename default branch from 'master' to 'main' in refs and test 
>> scripts
>>      This patch updates Git's default branch name from 'master' to 
>> 'main' to
>>      align with modern naming conventions adopted across the industry.
> 
> Thank you for your interest in this. We're currently planning to change 
> the default branch name when Git 3.0 is released as documented in 
> Documentation/BreakingChanges.adoc.

Oh, sorry it seems I imagined that. I've just checked and there is no entry in that document about the default branch name. I do think that the 3.0 release would be a good time to change the default branch name though.

Thanks

Phillip