How to change the default branch name in Git (master -> main)?

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Modest Petrovich2020-12-21 07:27:14

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Modest Petrovich, 2020-12-21 07:27:14

When you create a git repository for a project, the master branch is created. This branch has to be renamed manually each time using the git branch -m master main command.
Is it possible to change the default master branch name?
Note. Without renaming in the github, the master branch is created as a pull request to the main branch.

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Evgeny Komarov, 2020-12-21
@Graf_Duku

Since version 2.28 you can use init.defaultBranch

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Alexander, 2020-12-21
@shabelski89

git branch -m master main