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Guidance for changing the default branch name for GitHub repositories

16 mentions on Hacker News by 16 people: 6 stories, 10 comments · first 2020-07-17 · latest 2025-11-24

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    GitHub: Renaming the Default Branch from Master
    story by ryannevius · 2020-10-28 · 1 comment
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    GitHub default name branch changes (master – main)
    story by WayToDoor · 2020-09-19 · 1 comment
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    GitHub Default Branch Changes
    story by surfer7837 · 2020-09-18 · 8 comments
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    GitHub/renaming: Renaming the default branch from master
    story by nonbirithm · 2020-08-18 · 0 comments
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    Renaming the Default Branch from Master
    story by niksmac · 2020-07-21 · 1 comment
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    Guidance for changing the default branch name for GitHub repositories
    story by di · 2020-07-17 · 0 comments