Beej's Guide to Git

Hey all--if you find things wrong, post 'em. I'll clean 'em up. :)

Love, Beej

Let me start by saying this is wonderful work. Thank you for creating such a comprehensive resource. I haven't read through it all, but one thing did catch my eye.

Section 5.1 (https://beej.us/guide/bggit/html/split/branches-and-fast-for...)

> The default branch is called main.

> The default branch used to be called master, and still is called that in some older repos.

This is not true. Git still defaults to `master`, but allows you to change the default (for future `git init` invocations via `git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>`)

See https://github.com/git/git/blob/bc204b742735ae06f65bb20291c9...

Again, thank you. If I find anything else, I will be sure to post here.

*Update*: I also feel that referring to "older repos" sends the wrong message. *GitHub* decided to make this change, causing others to follow, and finally Git itself allows for the aforementioned configuration, but it has little to do with _newer_ or _older_, but rather preference.