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 ...

With GitHub stripping out divisive terminology, what will developers need to know to make sure this transition is seamless? From the office of “long overdue,” another service is dropping the divisive ...

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 ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Developers should be aware of a few caveats when they rebase GitHub repositories, especially ...