On November 4, 2020 12:03 PM, I wrote: > To: 'Alex Marginean' <alexmarginean16@xxxxxxxxx>; 'git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' > <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: BUG > > 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 You could also use git branch -m master main after the git init if your version of git is too old. > > 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.
