It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.
The default for git repositories is still master. Not to be the “real programmers only use CLI” guy, but I feel like git init
isn’t too hipster.
The default has been main for awhile.
This is the case in our current version of git (git version 2.28. 0). As of October 1, 2020, any new repository you create on GitHub.com will use main as the default branch.
March 2021 for gitlab
…but recommended to be changed every. single. time. you git init. https://lemmy.world/comment/11895670
No shit? Let me guess; you’re still using git like Linus intended it to be, decentralized, by emailing each other tar.gz’s
…which you get a multiline message telling you to change your ways (Linus doesn’t break UX)…every time you init…weird.
$ git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint: git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint: git branch -m <name>