How to rename 'master' to 'main' on GitHub and Heroku

Step 1

git fetch
git rebase origin/master master
git branch --move master main
git push --set-upstream origin main

Step 2: Set up main as the default branch in GitHub

• go to Settings tab
• click on Branches left menu option
• select 'main' as Default Branch
• click 'Update' Step 3: Reconfigure Heroku to deploy from main ===============================
• go to Heroku automatic deploys
• select 'main' in the Choose branch to deploy combo
• click on 'Enable automatic deploys' Step 4: Delete the master branch ============================

git push origin --delete master