Rename master to main on cucumber repos

[davidjgoss]

Small step for inclusivity. Already been done on cucumber-jvm.

https://github.com/github/renaming

• cucumber-js
• cucumber-jvm
• cucumber-ruby
  • cucumber-ruby-core
  • cucumber-ruby-wire
  • cucumber-ruby
  • cucumber-ruby-meta
• docs (will need to change Netlify config)
• godog
• cucumber/common
• cucumber-cpp
• cucumber-rails
• cucumber-electron
• cucumber-eclipse
• cucumber-android
• cucumber.ml

cc @mattwynne

[mattwynne]

@jaysonesmith can you help with godog?

[mattwynne]

For people with a local checkout, here's the steps you need to take:

# Switch to the "master" branch:
$ git checkout master

# Rename it to "main":
$ git branch -m master main

# Get the latest commits (and branches!) from the remote:
$ git fetch

# Remove the existing tracking connection with "origin/master":
$ git branch --unset-upstream

# Create a new tracking connection with the new "origin/main" branch:
$ git branch -u origin/main

[mattwynne]

https://www.hanselman.com/blog/easily-rename-your-git-default-branch-from-master-to-main

[mxygem]

@jaysonesmith can you help with godog?

Absolutely!

[mxygem]

@mattwynne I've gone through godog to update the branch and text references to main but it appears I may not have the permissions needed to actually update the repo on the GH side anymore. GH wants me to try making a PR. 😅

[mattwynne]

@jaysonesmith so you mean it wouldn't let you change the default branch? Or something else?

I've changed your org role from Member to Owner, so I think you should be good now. Please use your new powers responsibly :)

[mattwynne]

I discovered that renaming the branch using GitHub's UI (in /settings/branches) is probably the way to go. It automatically updates any PRs against the old branch, and displays a message to users letting them what to do to update their settings.

[mxygem]

godog is done! 🎉

Thanks for the role update @mattwynne

[mattwynne]

@luke-hill could you take care of cucumber-rails?

[luke-hill]

Think I have same issue as Jayson. Not got the 🔋

[davidjgoss]

@mattwynne I lack the permissions on cucumber-js as well.

[mattwynne]

OK @luke-hill @davidjgoss I think neither of you had been added to the @cucumber/core team in github. I've fixed that - can you try again now?

[davidjgoss]

cucumber-js done!

[mvz]

Looks like someone went ahead and did this for Aruba too. Not against it per se, but a little surprised that I wasn't notified 😕

[mvz]

A pull request would have been nice since the Aruba documentation refers to master all over the place 😞.

[mattwynne]

@aslakhellesoy I'm wondering if it makes sense to do #1550 before tackling the monorepo, as the subrepo stuff feels like the risky part of doing this on the monorepo, and the less of it there is to have to fix if it breaks, the better. WDYT?

[mattwynne]

These are the remaining repos that have master as default branch:

https://github.com/cucumber/aruba-getting-started
https://github.com/cucumber/aruba-website
https://github.com/cucumber/commitbit
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-android
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-classroom
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-cpp
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-eclipse
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-eclipse-update-site
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-eclipse-update-site-snapshot
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-electron
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-js-package-upgrade
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-json-testdata-generator
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-lua
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-message-upload-service
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-ruby-tcl
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber-tcl-wire
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber.io-file-generator
https://github.com/cucumber/cucumber.ml
https://github.com/cucumber/git-subrepo
https://github.com/cucumber/github-issue-stats
https://github.com/cucumber/microdata
https://github.com/cucumber/multi_test
https://github.com/cucumber/protobuf
https://github.com/cucumber/protobuf.js
https://github.com/cucumber/repo-template
https://github.com/cucumber/slack-invite-automation
https://github.com/cucumber/todo-react-typescript-subsecond

[mattwynne]

cucumber-electron and cucumber-cpp are done.

[mattwynne]

I've raised an issue in cucumber-eclipse. It looks like renaming the branch could break their CI. cucumber/cucumber-eclipse#433

[mattwynne]

I've gone ahead and done this on cucumber-android and cucumber.ml

[mattwynne]

I think we've reached "good enough for now" on this.