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"Changing the git branch name" is outdated #141

Open mr-cal opened 2 years ago

mr-cal commented 2 years ago

Overview

The "Changing the git branch name" section of the Implementation page is out of date.

Details

From the page:

Their recommendation is to wait until later in the year (2020) to change branch names. However, if you want to start work, we recommend the following [...]

There have been some changes since this was last updated:

  1. GitHub now has an option for renaming branches.
  2. GitLab also has extensive support for changing default branch names.
  3. New GitLab and GitHub projects have a default branch of main.
  4. New git configuration allows you to change the default branch name on your local machine

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