![]() The next step is to delete the master branch on GitHub. Now that we have a main branch on our local computer, a main branch up on GitHub, and the default branch on GitHub is the main branch. ![]() Nice job! One more step to get, we just need to get rid of the master branch so that the main branch is the only branch. Next, click the arrows to change the default branchĪfter the default branch change, you can go back to the main repo page and see that main is now the default branch. Then on the lefthand menu, click on branches On the main page for your repo, click on settings. We are going to change it so the default repo and the checkmark are next to the main branch. If you go to the main repo page on GitHub and select the branches dropdown menu, you will see two branches listed and a checkmark next to master. You need to do this on GitHub, not on your local computer. You can see which branch you are on using the command below:Ĭhange the default branch on GitHub to main The first step is to create a new branch locally (on your computer) called main. Step 1Ĭreate a new main branch locally, taking the history from master So change all of your GitHub repo names to main. This is confusing and leads to creating new branches that you don't want. Is the master branch in charge of anything? Are other branches subservient to it? And a very practical reason is that since GitHub moved to use main as the default branch, you have to remember when to use git push origin main and when to use git push origin master on a repo-to-repo basis. In addition, the name main just makes more sense. Language in programming, like master, that supports symbols of racism has no place. The reason to use the name main as the default branch on Github and in your local git repos is that it's the right thing to do. revert instead creates a new commit that undoes the changes, so if the commit to revert has already been pushed to a shared repository, it is best to use revert as it doesnt overwrite commit history. Git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main This command changes the commit history and it might overwrite history that remote team members depend on.
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