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rename_local_repo_master.md

I sometimes run into issues when setting up a local repo because of the new main default branch name on GitHub. Let's rename the local branch and set its upstream properly.

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git remote set-head origin -a

NOTE: git remote set-head origin -a fetches and sets origin/HEAD, so that the local repository has a local reference of what the remote repository considers to be the default branch.

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