All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" starting October 1, 2020. ... renaming the default branch today causes a set of challenges," GitHub explained in a ...

GitHub is a Git repository hosting service, but it adds many of its own features. While Git is a command line tool, GitHub provides a Web-based graphical interface.

Of course, any project hosted on GitHub that expects a master branch to exist will run into problems. For example, if a developer creates a new repository with GitHub's own Jekyll-based website ...

GitHub today launched a new publicly accessible repository designed to allow anyone to look into all of the platform's upcoming releases. The GitHub public product roadmap was created to provide users ...