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How to Rename Your "master" Branch to "main" on GitHub
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How to Rename Your "master" Branch to "main" on GitHub

The following steps may be used to rename your "master" branch to "main" on GitHub.

Use the following commands from a command-prompt.

  1. git checkout master
  2. git branch -m main
  3. git push origin -u main
  4. Navigate to your project's repository on GitHub.
  5. Click the Settings tab along the top.
  6. Click Branches in the left menu.
  7. Change the dropdown from master to main and click Update.
  8. git push origin --delete master

Note, be sure to check any hyperlinks or screenshot urls in your repo that might be pointing to files on the old branch name and update the urls.

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