About changing the default branch
You can choose the default branch for a repository. The default branch is the base branch for pull requests and code commits. For more information about the default branch, see "About branches."
Note: If you use the Git-Subversion bridge, changing the default branch will affect your trunk branch contents and the HEAD you see when you list references for the remote repository. For more information, see "Support for Subversion clients" and git-ls-remote in the Git documentation.
You can also rename the default branch. For more information, see "Renaming a branch."
You can set the name of the default branch for new repositories. For more information, see "Managing the default branch for your repositories," "Managing the default branch name for repositories in your organization," and "Enforcing repository management policies in your enterprise account."
Vorrausetzungen
To change the default branch, your repository must have more than one branch. Weitere Informationen findest Du unter „Branches in Deinem Repository erstellen und löschen.“
Changing the default branch
- Navigiere in GitHub zur Hauptseite des Repository.
- Klicke unter Deinem Repository-Namen auf Settings (Einstellungen).
- Klicke im linken Menü auf Branches.
- Under "Default branch", to the right of the default branch name, click .
- Use the drop-down, then click a branch name.
- Klicke auf Update (Aktualisieren).
- Read the warning, then click I understand, update the default branch.
