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Re:Could we please get back the master-branch on this reposi... by wutbrodo on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @12:18PM (#30275204)
> Github api seems to force the default branch to main (on new repos)

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

Re:Could we please get back the master-branch on this reposi... by totony on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @01:02PM (#30275847)
I may have misspoken, you can change the default branch after the fact, my issue was with the "auto-create README" feature