If the renaming was successful, you should see: To rename the master branch in your existing Git repository to main:ġ) Rename the local master branch to main: git branch -m master main Renaming the default branch for an existing repository New repositories on SESYNC GitLab Service use main as the default branch name. You are all set! When pushing to the remote repository use: git push origin main New repositories use main as the default branch name. The initial first branch will now be named main. Initialize your new Git repository: git init Note: If the value is unset, faultBranch defaults to master.Ģ. Now all new repositories you create with git init or on the RStudio or Jupyter servers will have a default branch named main. Override the default branch name value: git config -global faultBranch main This FAQ will help you set the default name in your own git repository to main (or any other term your team has chosen) and help you fix the conflict if it occurs.īefore initializing a new Git repository you will have to set the default to main.įirst, open a terminal window either by connecting to the ssh gateway or opening a terminal tab on the RStudio or Jupyter server. GitLab projects are created with the default branch as master, unless otherwise specified – New repositories created on SESYNC GitLab Service will use main as the default branch.Ī conflict occurs when the local and remote default branches for both GitHub and GitLab have different names. Existing repositories that have master set as the default branch will be left as is. This is the case in our current version of git (git version 2.28.0).Īs of October 1, 2020, any new repository you create on will use main as the default branch. When you initialize a new git repository from scratch with git init or using the new repository dialog on the RStudio server, git creates a default branch with the name master. Changes are ongoing across all git platforms so this FAQ may be out of date by the time you read it! NOTE: See the note on terminology in our basic git lesson for more background on why default repository names are changing from master to main across git platforms.
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