The branch has not been renamed. It will be renamed after the release of beta 1.
There is a pending PR on DevGuide on how to change your existing local CPython repository to the new branch: https://github.com/python/devguide/pull/662/files#diff-611263234e072dc403733b3dd46d0609cfe44b24d29f05841637b41d093adf0cR157 The details and timeline on the branch renaming can be read here: https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-committ...@python.org/message/QWW7KGBW5UH2N5FOZOFXQBQPYELWQM3O/ On Fri., Mar. 26, 2021, 12:21 p.m. Skip Montanaro, <skip.montan...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can I distract people for a moment to ask a couple procedural questions > about this change? I maintain my own fork of > https://github.com/python/cpython, but don't yet see a main branch on > python/cpython. > > > - When is the new main branch supposed to appear > - Once it does, what will I need to do other than to update my fork? > - I have a branch in my fork (register2) which is a branch from my > fork's master. Not being a Git whiz, how will I switch so my register2 > branch has the new main as its upstream (I think that's the correct word)? > - How long will master be around after the switch before going to that > big branch in the sky? > > I was able to scrounge up the few commands necessary to make the change > to one of my standalone projects and successfully move it from master to > main. The several articles I at least peeked at all followed pretty much > the same recipe as this one: > > > https://stevenmortimer.com/5-steps-to-change-github-default-branch-from-master-to-main/ > > None, however, discuss how the change will affect forks. I'm a bit > unclear how that part is supposed to work. I thought I might find a process > PEP about this change, but saw nothing obvious in PEP 0. I'm sure this is a > trivial few git commands for those more familiar with the toolchain than I > am, but I see over 18k forks of the repository. I suspect a few people out > of that crowd will be in the same boat as me. > > Thx, > > Skip > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/ZPTBTTWIAHTMPLXEMI237LWLBDIPXZDT/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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