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A helper tool to fix local clones after renaming "master" branches to "main"
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rename-master-to-main.sh
#! /bin/bash
set -e
if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
echo "ERROR: you have uncommited changes. Please stash or commit before running this script."
exit 1
fi
git fetch
git checkout main
git pull origin main
delete_branch=$(git branch -D master) || true
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