On November 4, 2020 11:10 AM, Alex Marginean wrote: > Github has changed the way they name branches, so now instead of the > `master` branch there is the `main` branch however, I'm having some trouble > with the naming > > **Steps to replicate my problem** > > 1. Create a new Github repository and make sure the default branch is `main` > 2. Add something to the repo, a `README.md` file should be enough 3. > Instead of cloning the repo make a new directory with your repo's name > `mkdir <repo_name>` and change the directory to it `cd <repo_name>` 4. `git > init` 5. Add the remote repo with `git remote add origin <repo_link>` 6. Pull > the `main` branch from the remote repo with `git pull origin main`. Use git init --initial-branch=main This assumes a recent version of git. > > After the step number 6. instead of my branch changing to `main` my current > branch is changed to `master` which has every file and change of the branch > `main`. This is a real problem because if I try to push changes to `main` > although my current branch shows up as `master` it creates another branch > called `master` on Github and the `main` remains unchanged. Yeah sure I can > `git checkout main` after that and make my changes there but I'm not sure > why it defaults to `master` and copies `main` from Github into local branch > `master`. > > P.S. If you were to use `git fetch origin` instead of `git pull origin > <branch_name> and then manually change branch to `main` with `git > checkout main` it would work. Also, if you were to clone the Github repo > using `git clone <link>` you will get the correct current branch that is `main`. Regards, Randall -- Brief whoami: NonStop developer since approximately 211288444200000000 UNIX developer since approximately 421664400 -- In my real life, I talk too much.
