Michael Jonsson • 10/31/2020

Renaming my GitHub master branch to main – the IT Pro guide!

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This article provides a step-by-step tutorial for IT professionals on changing the default branch name in a GitHub repository from 'master' to 'main'. It explains the necessary Git commands for renaming the branch locally and pushing it to GitHub, followed by instructions for updating the default branch and deleting the old one via the GitHub web interface.

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