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You should help make it more inclusive in other ways as well. Renaming your main branch alone will help, but not make the software industry wholly more inclusive only by itself. In combination with -m (or -move), allow renaming the branch even if the new branch name already exists, the same applies for -c (or -copy). In combination with -d (or -delete), allow deleting the branch irrespective of its merged status, or whether it even points to a valid commit. It requires no historical knowledge to know that if any branch is the one on which development is primarily focused, it is probably main. Without -f, git branch refuses to change an existing branch. Reference, but a straight up master/slave reference.Ī secondary benefit is that renaming master to main is potentially easier for newcomers to understand. If exists, -M must be used to force the rename to happen. If had a corresponding reflog, it is renamed to match, and a reflog entry is created to remember the branch renaming. If you use TFVC: In Source Control Explorer, find that folder and right-click, choose rename. Well, git branch s official documentation says: With a -m or -M option, will be renamed to.

' to rename that branch. For more information, see this GNOME mailserv email, where Bastien Nocera provided citations for the relevant parts of Git development and concluded: So, yes, the "git master" branch probably isn't even a "master copy" Use 'git checkout ' to switch to the branch that you want to rename.

Git seems to have picked up this terminology for its main branch, and the default use of “master” to refer to the main branch was introduced in this 2005 commit. Instead of a tree metaphor, BitKeeper refers to the main development branch as the “master” repository and to branches as “slave” repositories. N.B.: Make sure you verify that the branch has been renamed by running git branch -a to see all branches. If you are on another branch, for example, main and you want to rename the branch from there, run git branch -m old-name new-name. You can see that the branch has been renamed from mistake-fixes to bug-fixes. Step 3: To rename the branch, run git branch -m new-name. Git was originally designed to replace BitKeeper, an earlier commercial version control system. To switch to a branch, run git switch branch-name or git checkout branch-name.

git branch (-m -M) .

Other version control systems such as SVN use “trunk” to refer to the main branch in a repository, and refer to branches sprouting off from the trunk as, well, branches (in keeping with the tree metaphor). To rename a local branch, you can use the git-branch command with the -m or -M option. It’s available online at, or if you have Node.js installed, you can also download the source code from, and then follow the two lines of commands in the Usage section. It’ll also guard against branch protections and GitHub Pages branches, and will automatically transfer open pull requests based on the branch. The first step to rename a branch is to checkout the branch you might want to rename.

Lucas Garron put together main-branch, which is a tool that can also be used to easily rename the main branch on your GitHub repository to main.