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change default branch from master to main
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master_to_main.md
  1. Move the ‘master’ branch to ‘main’
git branch -m master main
  1. Push ‘main’ to remote repo
git push -u origin main
  1. Point HEAD to ‘main’ branch
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
  1. Change default branch to ‘main’ on GitHub site, "settings" -> "branches"
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