Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

"On Oct. 1, 2020, any new repositories you create will use main ... Git project, which is the base software on which GitHub was built, has also announced similar plans to at least provide ...

GitHub Chief Executive Nat Friedman said the firm is working on changing the term "master" - for the main version of code - to a neutral term. The firm, owned by Microsoft, is used by 50 million ...