4333: Rename master branch to main in git (on hold) - Composr CMS feature tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

4333	Composr	core	public	2020-07-29 02:47	2024-07-25 01:05

Reporter	Chris Graham	Assigned To	Guest
Priority	normal	Severity	feature
Status	new	Resolution	open

Summary	4333: Rename master branch to main in git (on hold)
Description	There is a wide movement to rename the master git branch to main, by convention. This is because of a perception that 'master' in master branch refers to a master/slave relationship, which is normalizing a metaphor of something horrific that should be kept to the history books. 1) ALTERING CODE I have done some of the work for this already, altering our code to make it more easy to put in a new stable branch name. We just need to change the master references in THANKS.md and version.php. 2) RENAMING ACTUAL BRANCH These commands should do it: git checkout master git branch -m main git push origin :master git push origin main:refs/heads/main 3) OTHER REPOSITORIES Do this across any other repositories we are maintaining for the long-term, not just the main Composr repository. 4) SEARCH TRACKER Fix any references to 'master' on the tracker.
Additional Information	Personally I feel the renaming is silly, given that the name 'master' is nothing to do with master/slave, and a normal English word used for many purposes (e.g. master's degree, headmaster, mast on a ship, master copy, etc). However my personal feelings are irrelevant because Git, GitHub, BitBucket, and GitLab, are all pressing forward with the rename and we should stick to convention. And honestly it doesn't hurt much, and 'main' is less characters to type. This issue is on hold until GitLab: a) makes URLs to 'master' branch files (etc) redirect to the configured main branch. GitHub have announced this for year end, and I do think GitLab will do it too. b) automatically migrates stuff like merge requests on 'master' to 'main' (ditto)
Tags	Roadmap: Over the horizon
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Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-07-29 02:47	Chris Graham	New Issue
2020-07-29 02:48	Chris Graham	Tag Attached: Roadmap: v12
2022-07-28 02:58	Chris Graham	Note Added: 0007398
2024-03-26 00:58	PDStig	Tag Renamed	Roadmap: v12 => Roadmap: Over the horizon
2024-07-25 01:05	Chris Graham	Relationship added	related to 5484