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bash script to quickly switch a git repo from master to main
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# confirm user action
echo "You are about to rename git master branch to main?"
read -r -p "Are you sure? [y/N] " response
if [[ "$response" =~ ^([yY][eE][sS]|[yY])$ ]]
then
git branch -m master main
git push -u origin main
if git push origin --delete master ; then
else
echo ""
echo "Deleting remote master branch failed"
hub browse -- settings/branches
# wail for user to return
read -n 1 -s -r -p "Manually change default branch in GitHub, then Press any key to continue"
git push origin --delete master
fi
echo "Done."
exit 0
else
echo "Canceled."
exit 0
fi
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