Note that master is not always the default - #1729
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A note that default branch name is likely different. A different branch name would be very confusing to a beginner, especially when the book asserts that the default is master.
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I found a related issue: #1462 GitHub and GitHub now create a I guess when the book was written the |
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Add an id to Ch01 > First-time Git Setup > Your default branch name.
Add a note in Ch02 > Recording Changes to the Repository > Checking the Status of Your Files, directly after the paragraph that says:
The note points out that remote repositories are likely to have a different default branch name.
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GitHub in mid-2020 changed the default branch name from
mastertomain, and so did other Git hosts.And many developers use an even different default branch name like
devordevelopor something else.A beginner might be very confused when seeing a repo whose default branch is not
master. So I think it worth pointing out that explicitly.I mean, the book asserts that the default branch is always
master, when explaining thegit statusoutput in a freshly cloned repo. That repo is libgit2, whose default branch ismain…