coreboot has switched the default git branch from "master" to "main" - coreboot

10 Sep 2023


      Hello all.
  As was mentioned in the 4.21 release notes, coreboot has switched
the default branch from "master" to "main".
We're currently in the process of updating the documentation and
scripts in the coreboot repository, but anyone running scripts of
their own will need to update them to point to the main branch.
To change your coreboot local tree, see what's in your git config:
/work/git/coreboot ((dc75d3e6c1...))% git config -l | grep master
remote.origin.push=HEAD:refs/for/master
branch.master.remote=origin
branch.master.merge=refs/heads/master
branch.master.rebase=true
You can edit your .git/config file to change these to main, or do it
from the command line:
git config remote.origin.push HEAD:refs/for/main
git config --remove-section branch.master
git config branch.main.remote origin
git config branch.main.merge refs/heads/main
git config branch.main.rebase true
In general, this name change shouldn't create any significant impact.
Basically anything you previously used "master" for, you should change
to "main".
Instead of using "push origin HEAD:refs/for/master" you'll now use
"push origin HEAD:refs/for/main".
Instead of checking out or rebasing on master, you'll now use main.
All of the open coreboot patches in gerrit have been updated to be
pushed to main when merged. The master branch will no longer accept
pushes.
We will keep the master branch in sync with the main branch for a
while so that everyone has time to switch any scripts that are running
over to the main branch, but this will be discontinued at some point -
probably around the end of November, after the 4.22 release.
If you have any questions or issues about how to do things relating to
this change, please feel free to reply to this message and we'll try
to help solve any issues.
Martin