Garrick Aden-Buie • 11/2/2021

branchMover: A Shiny app for moving the default branch of your GitHub repos

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This article presents branchMover, a Shiny application and RStudio addin designed to streamline the process of changing the default branch (e.g., from 'master' to 'main') across all your GitHub repositories. It explains the app's features, including viewing repo statuses, sorting, automating branch renaming via the usethis package, and creating notification issues. It also covers installation, authentication setup with a GitHub PAT, and local repo updates.

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