ruby-i18n/ruby-cldr

Change default branch name to `main`

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movermeyer commented

The Git ecosystem is moving away from the default branch name of master, towards the name main.

e.g. All new repos on GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket now use main as the default branch name for new repositories.

Change the default branch of ruby-cldr to use main.

How is this done?

  1. Rename the default branch in the GitHub UI (Requires Administrator rights on the repo)
  2. Use git grep master and update mentions of the outdated branch name in documentation and URLs.

Developers with local clones will have to perform a one-time update of the local clones by running:

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

These commands are also shown to developers who visit the repo in the GitHub interface, so it doesn't require additional advertising work from our end.

movermeyer commented

This change requires someone with the Admin role on the repo.

Perhaps that's @svenfuchs ?

svenfuchs commented

Sure thing, just changed it.

But wait, you need admin status for something like this? Are there any other relevant things the maintainer status isn't enough for? I suppose maybe adding others as collaborators might be. I will change you to admin just in case ...

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