[GRASS-dev] Renaming master branch to main branch

[Jeff McKenna]

Here are some screen captures for these same steps, that I created back 
in January for the MapServer community: 
https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/Renamed-Default-Branch

-jeff




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Jeff McKenna
GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, MapServer Consulting and Training
co-founder of FOSS4G
http://gatewaygeo.com/



On 2021-08-18 11:41 p.m., Vaclav Petras wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I will rename our default branch currently called master to main in the 
> following days. We already discussed it here and there, but the rename 
> should be relatively smooth. Much simpler than the addons repo 
> reorganization. Users not compiling code themselves should not be 
> affected. Contributors will be, but GitHub warns you about the rename 
> when you come to the repo web page. Those compiling from source may need 
> to make changes.
> 
> The update of a local clone can be done with instructions similar to the 
> following (I will post them again once I confirm it is the best fit):
> 
> git branch -m master main
> git fetch upstream
> git branch -u upstream/main main
> git remote set-head upstream -a
> 
> Additionally, to get rid of upstream/master, do:
> 
> git fetch --prune
> 
> You don't need to update your fork unless you want to.
> 
> The changes needed in the repo are already in a PR (feel free to review):
> 
> https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/1806 
> <https://github.com/OSGeo/grass/pull/1806>
> 
> Those compiling from source code obtained from Git will need to make 
> changes when they explicitly specify the branch. A simple `git clone` 
> takes the default branch which will continue to work. However, if you do 
> --branch, checkout, or switch, and at the same time using the master 
> branch, you will need to change "master" to "main".
> 
> Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
> 
> Best,
> Vaclav
> 
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