rename-master-to-main-in-bulk.md

Here: https://git.io/JPRtG

# This is how I renamed master to main in all my repos, in bulk on GitHub

library(purrr)
library(glue)
library(gh)

rename_master_to_main <- function(repos, owner) {
  # From the source code of `usethis::git_default_branch_rename()`
  doit_once <- function(repo, owner) {
    post <- glue::glue("POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/master/rename")
    gh::gh(post, new_name = "main")
  }

  purrr::walk(repos, purrr::safely(doit_once), owner)
}

# From https://github.com/r-lib/gh#usage
repos <- gh::gh(
  "GET /users/{username}/repos",
  username = "maurolepore",
  .limit = Inf
)
repos <- vapply(repos, "[[", "", "name")

rename_master_to_main(repos, owner = "maurolepore")
# Then in each local clone run `usethis::git_default_branch_rediscover()`
# -- https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2021/10/renaming-default-branch/

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