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Rename `master` branch to `main` branch in this repo
What is the expected behavior?
Many (if not all) repos in qiskit github org has renamed master branch to main branch, we should do that in this repo as well. I am not sure about the implications and the steps to do that though.
Oh, it's easy. I just went and checked on one of the repos I started. I don't know how it works with different levels of contributors, or what permissions will be needed. It's just Settings>Branches (in the Code and Automation subdivision) and for the repo I tried it on (Which has only me and one branch, so it may be different) the first option is to edit the default branch. I don't know of any implications, and I think this was designed so there wouldn't be
I am not sure if it is that simple. @mtreinish Can you shed some lights here? I did a quick search and found a few places with master https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/search?q=master
Yeah, actually swapping the "default" branch on GitHub is very easy, the extra bits are just making sure that all our hyperlinks point to the new default branch. That's a bit harder, because there's probably quite a few places across a bunch of different Qiskit components, and possibly the textbook, that might need updating.
With this repo being sunset now, we won't be going ahead with a change. Terra, which will for most purposes replace this repository, already uses main as its default branch.