Add default branch name to git setup?

[SJaffa]

When making a new repo the default branch name might be main or master. If we want it to be consistent later on (so people don't copy us to type main and get stuck because their's is master), we should add the default branch name to the git config instruction in the setup

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

[milanmlft]

Might be easiest if we copy the setup instructions from the git SwC course?

[kkh451]

Yes - it gets covered in the installation, but not if learners already have git installed.

The Git Bash installation presents the user with lots of configuration options - we recommend changing the following two and accepting the default values for all of the others:

• “Git Editor” option for Git Bash - by default this is set to Vim; make sure to select VS Code instead - if that option is available to you - otherwise accept the default option and we will help you change that later on;
• “Adjusting the name of the initial branch in new repositories” option
• by default this is set to “Let Git decide”; make sure to select the “Override the default branch name for new repositories” option and type the name “main” in the text field.

On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 10:22 AM S Jaffa @.***> wrote:

When making a new repo the default branch name might be main or master. If we want it to be consistent later on (so people don't copy us to type main and get stuck because their's is master), we should add the default branch name to the git config instruction in the setup

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

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