The drawback is the fact that changes to the commit history of the master branch are often rejected by tools like GitLab and GitHub due to the possibility that a master git rebase can negatively ...

GitHub renamed the master branch to main for any Git repository, as it addresses cultural change like so many organizations that have nixed master-slave terminology in a time of social unrest.

With GitHub stripping out divisive terminology, what will developers need to know to make sure this transition is seamless?

GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery, its CEO said on Friday.