git - Difference Between Main Branch and Master Branch in Github?

Question

I tried git push on master branch but it just shows that I have new pull request but when I click on new pull request it takes me to comparing changes but doesn't show any option to add those changes into repository. It only shows changes I made.

But when I entered command

git push origin main

all files where added to my repository.

but when I do

git push origin master

it doesn't work. Why is it? I heard they are replacing master with main. So in future are they going to remove master?

Answer 1

GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery,

You can read here for more background the reason for the change here: https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/.

About renaming your branch from master to main, there are a lot of guidelines. For example: https://jarv.is/notes/github-rename-master/.

git branch -m master main 
git push -u origin main 
git remote set-head origin main