Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

GitHub to replace master with main starting in October: What developers need to do now Your email has been sent From the office of “long overdue,” another service is dropping the divisive “master” ...

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GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery, its CEO said on Friday. The code-hosting portal is just ...

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The world's biggest site for software developers is abandoning decades-old coding terms to remove references to slavery. GitHub Chief Executive Nat Friedman said the firm is working on changing the ...

The compatibility with CMake 4.0 has been solved in master. Would be possible to have the develop branch (and maybe others) synch with master to get CMake 4.0 compatibility there also ? I tried to ...