They're sure suggesting it - their suggested commands to initialize a new repo will create a main branch. But you can just ignore that suggestion?

Here’s the API reference: https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#create-an-or...

I don’t see any parameter for setting the default to master instead of main. However it does seem like you can change it after it has been created with a subsequent update call.

But that's why I'm asking where OP found that and not just saying they're wrong.

€: There's also https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#update-a-rep... where you can set the default_branch?

They are just going along the git default, so yes, a new repo will be on main branch by default.

Jesus, really? I didn't pay much attention to the master nonsense because I figured it would be limited to projects who cared more about social performance than building something useful, but it sounds like it's being forced at the platform-level onto every project.

OTOH, the impact is mitigated for new projects