Rename master branch
brentzundel opened this issue · 1 comments
brentzundel commented
Summary
We should rename the branch master
to main
and use that going forward for our work.
From Problematic Terminology in Open-Source on master/slave terminology in software:
Use of this term is problematic. It references slavery to convey meaning about the relationship between two entities.
Removing this terminology from our workflow is a small gesture to include more people from marginalized groups in this project.
(I’m open to names other than main
)
Technical Steps
- create main branch from master
- make main the default GitHub branch
- modify github/central to use main for release notes reloading
- redirect PRs to main in hyperledger/indy-plenum
- move branch protections from master to main
- modify docs to reference main instead of master
- delete master branch to avoid confusion?
Feedback?
WadeBarnes commented
Done