Migrate Master Branch to Main

In order to replace your master branch and start using main instead. I found this steps be the simplest way to do it:

1. Create the main branch locally, taking the history from master

    git branch -m master main
   

2. Push the new local main branch to the remote repo

    git push -u origin main
   

3. Switch the current HEAD to the main branch

    git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
   

4. Change the default branch on Github/Gitlab to main

5. Delete the master branch on the remote

    git push origin --delete master
   

Why should I change master to main? Wikipedia Article