Renaming the default branch to main

[nicolasbock]

A growing number of open source projects is considering to rename or has already renamed their default branch in git to main. GitHub for example has released guidance on the subject [1] and some further reading can be found here [2, 3].

Personally I am in favor of renaming master to main.

What is the general opinion here regarding the name of the default branch?

[1] https://github.com/github/renaming
[2] https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jun/23/gitbranchname/
[3] https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email protected]/

[jeanlucf22]

I would rather keep it as is now. I don't see a case for changing it.