Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

GitHub to replace master with main starting in October: What developers need to do now Your email has been sent From the office of “long overdue,” another service is dropping the divisive “master” ...

GitHub users are often surprised that their project wiki won't be indexed by Google. But the Git-based cloud service does offer an alternative. If someone needs a website hosting service, they can ...

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"On Oct. 1, 2020, any new repositories you create will use main as the default branch, instead of master," the company said. Existing repositories that have "master" set as the default branch will be ...

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