Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch

Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by cxr on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:54AM (#46045787)

> No one has made a case that "main" is a bad name. Because this isn't a real case […] they know it is a good change, and they actively seek to keep the world worse

It's a bad name and a bad change. I won't be using it. Not because "master" is good (I also won't be using "master"), but because "main" is bad—even worse than if they'd started referring to it in the documentation as the "default integration branch" and so named it "int".

I'd sooner support changing "master" to "margarita" than changing it to "main".

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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by shadowgovt on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @04:41PM (#46051139)

What is the issue with calling a branch `main`? It's the standard that's been adopted in my company and we haven't run into any issues; I'm wondering if there's anything we've missed.

(I've also seen `dev` used, short for 'development branch,' which seems pretty reasonable).

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