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lxe
Why not 'trunk'? It's a tree after all... there are 'branches'... SVN got it right.
gkoberger
Aside from the fact that `main` is pretty straightforward for people new to git, one huge benefit is that autocorrect for `ma` still works.
derivagral
I've been in software since I was a teen, and this comment finally made me realize what "trunk" was actually supposed to mean before Git took over.

https://xkcd.com/1053/

skocznymroczny
As a non-native English speaker I never connected SVN's trunk with the concept of a tree from which branches grow. I mean, I knew of this meaning of the word trunk but I never thought of it in this context. I was more familiar with the other meanings, the long body part on the elephant and the storage compartment on a car.
kjeetgill
For some reason I'd associated it with trunk, a word for the human torso.
benatkin
It's just like some politicians - destroying anything the predecessor created, no matter how good it is.
wfriesen
My guess is because "Main" was used in Microsoft's TFS.
samename
Key highlight:

> On October 1, 2020, if you haven't changed the default branch for new repositories for your user, organization, or enterprise, it will automatically change from master to main. You can opt out of this change at any time

kjeetgill
To add emphasis to this: they changed the default branch name for new repositories.

You can opt-out of this change of the default. I don't know why I'd read that as changing existing repositories unless opted out.

philliphaydon
I don’t know if it’s because I’m on my phone but I can’t opt out?

Edit: oh I miss read. Thought this affected existing repos.

Opted in for new repos.

tomschlick
Clicking "change default branch name now" just opens a form to change it, thats how you opt out by typing master in that form. It's not super clear.
beirut_bootleg
As a secondary developer, this offensive to me. Now I'll have to work on a branch named after the main developer, reminding me every day that it's THEIR project and I'm just a code monkey.
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Any scripts out there (dev tooling, bespoke build tools, etc) with a dependence on 'master' are broken by this change in default. Foolish business move — GitHub's been slowly burning its credibility for years. It's funny.