Just to give my view on this (I've been following for a couple days). I started using git in 2016 so everything I've ever done with git has a master branch, every tutorial I've followed uses a master branch, and everyone I've worked with since 2016 is used to using a master branch. I don't want to join in a political debate, and I don't see why politics has to have any impact on non-political software, there is no technical reason for this change that will eventually impact every developer that uses git, which is most developers. Git is a version control software, if someone is using git to manage a political project, they're free to use a different branch name, but I don't see why a backend developer working on non-political projects should be impacted by an unnecessary breaking change. An example scenario I can see happening (especially to inexperienced Devs) if the default branch name is changed: Dev gets a new laptop and installs git, all their projects work as expected. They create a new project with "git init". "Where's master?!" "Did I do something wrong? Every other time I've done that it created a master branch".
