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Switch default branch to main?

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, github
Domain
devops

Research direction

Start by checking the repository's current default branch and GitHub's branch settings. Confirm whether switching to main requires any related repository configuration changes. Done means the repository uses main as its default branch and the change is verified.

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Description

The default in modern git projects is main and it'd be nice to have that consistency.

Dominant language
Java
Stars
90
Forks
64
No merged PRs in 30d

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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