Rename `master` to `main` branch to support BML cause

hossain-khan / android-police-brutality-incidents

2020PB Android client app for https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality (Repository containing evidence of police brutality during the 2020 George Floyd protests)

https://github.com/2020PB/police-brutality

MIT License

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Rename `master` to `main` branch to support BML cause #198

Closed hossain-khan closed 4 years ago

hossain-khan commented 4 years ago

Some references and guides

http://www.kapwing.com/blog/how-to-rename-your-master-branch-to-main-in-git/
https://dev.to/rhymu8354/git-renaming-the-master-branch-137b
GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
GitHub abandons 'master' term to avoid slavery row

As many people have indicated, it does not help the cause, however, changing it does no harm either!

So, let's do it.

hossain-khan commented 4 years ago

master-is-gone