[GRASS-user] Pulling source changes from github [RESOLVED]

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2021, Jeff McKenna wrote:

> This is likely due to the default branch name changing to 'main' (instead
> of 'master'). I documented the steps for the MapServer community at
> https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/Renamed-Default-Branch

Jeff,

I thought it was a name change but my use of git is pretty well limited to
creating new repos for projects and updating them as needed. I have the
pro-git book but wouldn't know how to find what is needed because I'm far
from a git expert.

> But you can likely just issue the following commands in your local
> machine:
>
>  git branch -m master main
>  git fetch origin
>  git branch -u origin/main main
>  git remote set-head origin -a

That worked well. Thank you very much.

Stay well,

Rich