Blog: Switching from master to main

Author: rwaffen

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+layout: post
+title: Group Project: Switching from `master` to `main`
+date: 2026-03-20
+github_username: rwaffen
+---
+
+Hi @everyone,
+
+we have a lot of repositories, and we want to make sure that we are using inclusive language across all of them.
+Also `main` is the default branch name on GitHub, so it makes sense to switch to it.
+This change can be  alot of work, so we thought we let everybody participate in the process and do it together.
+
+If you touch any repository and got some extra time to spend, please switch the default branch to `main` and update your local clones accordingly.
+
+<!-- TODO: Can everyone do this or do we need some special rights to do this? -->
+If you are a repository maintainer you can switch the default branch in the repository settings on GitHub.
+
+The commands to update your local clone are as follows:
+
+```shell
+git branch -m master main
+git fetch origin
+git branch -u origin/main main
+git remote set-head origin -a
+```
+
+Thx for your help! If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
+
+Cheers,
+@rwaffen