Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

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GitHub to replace master with main starting in October: What developers need to do now Your email has been sent From the office of “long overdue,” another service is dropping the divisive “master” ...