git how to change default branch for everything I do?

Question

Because of github changing the default branch from master to main all of my pushes end up in a separate branch instead of the main one and I can't change the default. When I start a program and make my first push, git tells me main doesn't exist and I always have to push to master instead.

Answer 1

Following the FAQ article " How to Rename the master branch to main in Git ", and the GitHub documentation itself , you can:

• rename your local branch from master to main: git branch -m master main
• push to main: git push -u origin main
• update your default branch on GitHub side:
  
• Then delete the remote master branch: git push origin --delete master

Finally, as I documented in " How can I create a Git repository with the default branch name other than " master "? ", don't forget a:

git config --global init.defaultBranch main

(See commit 32ba12d , with Git 2.28+, Q3 2020)

Your next new repositories will use the right branch name by default.