Rename default branch to main

[schloerke]

Taken from https://github.com/rstudio/shiny/issues/3502#issuecomment-953318300

We're ready to rename master to main here (and elsewhere)!

This blog post announces the larger effort and explains how contributors can update their local environments:

Renaming the default branch

Here's the TL;DR:

1. Update usethis (you want usethis v2.1.2 or higher):

   install.packages("usethis")
   

2. Someone with admin permissions on this repo needs to do the renaming, as I do not have the power:

   usethis::git_default_branch_rename()
   

   If you wish, you can read the documentation for git_default_branch_rename(). Or do the equivalent from the command line and in the browser (see the blog post).
3. All remaining contributors can adjust to the renamed default branch with:

   usethis::git_default_branch_rediscover()
   

   If you wish, you can read the documentation for git_default_branch_rediscover(). Or do the command line equivalent (see the blog post).

[krlmlr]

"latest" could be an alternative: builds on GHA use the branch name as a default tag by default.