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rniwa opened this issue Mar 19, 2025 · 1 comment
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Rename "master" branch to "main" branch #51440

rniwa opened this issue Mar 19, 2025 · 1 comment
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rniwa commented Mar 19, 2025

To facilitate a more inclusive environment, I suggest we rename "master" branch to "main" branch as done in various other projects.
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The challenge is mostly coordinating with everyone with tooling given the name of the branch is hard-coded in enough different systems; see web-platform-tests/rfcs#80.

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