github change default branch command line code example

Example 1: how to move master branch to main branch

# Step 1 
# create main branch locally, taking the history from master
git branch -m master main

# Step 2 
# push the new local main branch to the remote repo (GitHub) 
git push -u origin main

# Step 3
# switch the current HEAD to the main branch
git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main

# Step 4
# change the default branch on GitHub to main
# https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/setting-the-default-branch

# Step 5
# delete the master branch on the remote
git push origin --delete master

Example 2: change git default branch

git config --global init.defaultBranch 

Example 3: change default branch github

On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
Under your repository name, click Settings.
In the left menu, click Branches.
Under "Default branch", to the right of the default branch name, click .
Use the drop-down, then click a branch name.
Click Update.

Example 4: Change default branch on git

git branch -m deploy prod
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/prod prod
git remote set-head origin -a