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Refer to default branch as main instead of master #425

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@tibbon tibbon commented Apr 15, 2022

because: GitHub has changed the default branch name to main instead of
master. This change has been replicated by many companies, organizations
and projects.

The naming change follows along the lines of an industry trend to deprecate
the usage of terms such as master and slave in favor of more inclusive
language.

More details can be found here from GitHub:

https://github.com/github/renaming

Some additional details can be found here about why GitHub and others
are doing this:

https://www.theserverside.com/feature/Why-GitHub-renamed-its-master-branch-to-main

this commit: Changes all references to the master branch to main.

I would additionally suggest renaming of the default branch on this project to main on this project.

because: GitHub has changed the default branch name to main instead of
master. This change has been replicated by many companies, organizations
and projects.

The naming change follows along the lines of an industry trend to deprecate
the usage of terms such as master and slave in favor of more inclusive
language.

More details can be found here from GitHub:

https://github.com/github/renaming

Some additional details can be found here about why GitHub and others
are doing this:

https://www.theserverside.com/feature/Why-GitHub-renamed-its-master-branch-to-main

this commit: Changes all references to the master branch to main.
@tibbon tibbon requested a review from a team as a code owner April 15, 2022 19:28
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