main-branch

A tool to replace the main branch for your repository on GitHub safely and easily.

main-branch also guards against removing branches that will affect GitHub features based on the branch. It can also transfer the settings for some of those features to the new branch.

Branch Feature	Guards against	Transfers
Open PRs based on branch	✅	✅
Branch protections	✅	TODO
GitHub Pages	✅	TODO

Not supported yet:

• Renaming your branches locally in a git repository.

Usage

Install (currently relies on node) and replace master with main:

npm install -g main-branch
main-branch replace owner/repo

More commands (info, set, create, delete, replace):

main-branch help

Online version

https://garron.net/app/main-branch/

Notes

• For convenience, an alias of the main-branch binary called main is also installed.
• You can use the repo URL instead of owner/repo format.

See example.md for example output.

Does this solve racism?

No, it just makes our terminology more inclusive.

Consider donating to the Minnesota Freedom Fund or another non-profit, advocating for important changes in your community, or putting your body/privilege on the line for change.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to everyone interested and working to change default branch names!

Thanks to @PurpleBooth for the original core API code.