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Rename master branch to main #144
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This came up a couple of times, and I personally am so used now to "main" being the default branch, that I constantly get confused.
The move itself is effortless, and GitHub provides some guidance as to how to change it locally if the move is done (I have done this a few times).
Please let us know, if you know of a reason not to do this rename, or to postpone it.
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iakov commentedon Nov 11, 2023
The only reason for me (but it is not a huge problem, frankly): some scripts (Dependabot, my own, Yocto/OE, maybe some distros) fetch sources by branch name.
Thus, as a general rule: if there are no other reasons to change something, please, do not do it just for fun.
mrbean-bremen commentedon Nov 11, 2023
Well, there is no really compelling reason for this, other than the reasoning behind the original renaming, and the fact that this is now the git standard for several years and many repos have been switching. I have done the switch for a few repos myself, so far without any problems. And yes, I often get confused calling
mastermain, because I'm now so used to it...Admittedly, this is not consistent inside the MeVisLab organization either - the two other actively maintained repos use
main, while the (currently) inactive ones still usemaster.hjmjohnson commentedon Sep 29, 2025
@mrbean-bremen With the current changes that are going to need a new version number, no may be the best time to make this change.
mrbean-bremen commentedon Sep 29, 2025
Agreed! Let me know when you (mainly yourself and @jcfr) are done with the changes, to avoid doing this while work is in progress.
hjmjohnson commentedon Sep 29, 2025
@mrbean-bremen the switch from "master" -> "main" will not be a disruption for me. I've dealt with it many times before.
I'll defer to @jcfr for the timing of the change.
jcfr commentedon Sep 29, 2025
Since we will have to update the workflow to reference
maininstead ofmaster, it could be done after #313 is integrated 🚀If done before, it also will be straightforward to rebase.
Rename master to main
Rename master to main