Rename "master" branch to "main"?

[Joseph Myers]

On Thu, 14 Jan 2021, Mike Frysinger via Libc-alpha wrote:

> On 30 Jun 2020 14:10, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote:
> > As we approach the release boundary for 2.32 we come to a natural point
> > where we can rename our development and release branch.
> > 
> > My proposal would be to rename the development and current release branch:
> > 
> > * master -> main
> 
> this seems to have stalled.  we should do this!

Please see my previous comments.  Anyone making such a change needs to 
review the git hooks, hook configuration (e.g. 
refs/meta/config:project.config), hooks-bin scripts such as 
email-to-bugzilla-filtered and post-receive, and wiki and other 
documentation to identify *all* changes needed where master or branches 
containing the string "master" are special-cased or otherwise mentioned.  
The hooks and hook configuration updates need to be ready in advance of 
such a change.

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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com