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# Set Default Branch Name For New Repos
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When you run `git init` in a directory, it will initialize that directory as a
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`git` repository. The default branch name for any new git repository is
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`master`. A better name for the base branch would be something like `main`.
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To set `main` as the new default for all new repos, you can run the following
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`git` command.
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```bash
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$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main
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```
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This will update your `.gitconfig` file to contain the following lines.
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```
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[init]
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defaultBranch = main
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```
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Try running `git init` in a fresh directory and then `git branch
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--show-current` to see that the base branch is now defaulting to `main`.
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