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how to move master branch to main branch

# Step 1 
# create main branch locally, taking the history from master
git branch -m master main

# Step 2 
# push the new local main branch to the remote repo (GitHub) 
git push -u origin main

# Step 3
# switch the current HEAD to the main branch
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

# Step 4
# change the default branch on GitHub to main
# https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/setting-the-default-branch

# Step 5
# delete the master branch on the remote
git push origin --delete master
Posted by: Guest on December-25-2020
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How to switch from master to main git branch

git checkout master        # to be sure you are on master branch
git push origin HEAD:main  # and then push the current branch (as master) to main
-or-
git push --force origin HEAD:main
Posted by: Guest on June-09-2021

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