Summary

Many communities, both on GitHub and in the wider Git community, are considering renaming the default branch name of their repository from master. GitHub is gradually renaming the default branch of all our repositories from master to main. We’re also making changes to GitHub Enterprise Server in a few phases, designed to cause as little disruption to existing projects as possible.

How will it work?

In GHES 3.0 (see github/roadmap-internal#259), you'll be able to set the default branch name used when a repository is created on your server. You'll be able to set this default for a particular user, for an organization, or for the entire GitHub Enterprise Server.

When you upgrade to GHES 3.2, this default will be set to main, unless you choose a different default while your server is running GHES 3.0.

Learn more at github/renaming