# Step 1 # create main branch locally, taking the history from master git branch -m master main # Step 2 # push the new local main branch to the remote repo (GitHub) git push -u origin main # Step 3 # switch the current HEAD to the main branch git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main # Step 4 # change the default branch on GitHub to main # https://docs.github.com/en/github/administering-a-repository/setting-the-default-branch # Step 5 # delete the master branch on the remote git push origin --delete master