From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19F69C2D0A3 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2EAD20735 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 2020 17:02:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731419AbgKDRCx convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 12:02:53 -0500 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:39378 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731283AbgKDRCx (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 12:02:53 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (cpe00fc8d49d843-cm00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [173.33.189.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 0A4H2n8H000864 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 4 Nov 2020 12:02:50 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Alex Marginean'" , References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: BUG Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 12:02:43 -0500 Message-ID: <037901d6b2cc$5362e170$fa28a450$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQGkfuQjgOyOzfuyzQ4KZI4HmvX0TqocmmxQ Content-Language: en-ca Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org 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 ` and change the directory to it `cd ` 4. `git > init` 5. Add the remote repo with `git remote add origin ` 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 > 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 ` 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.