Rename default branch to 'main'

[jaraco]

In order to improve inclusivity, many projects on Github including CPython and PyPA projects have migrated to 'main' as the default branch for the project.

Can we do the same here?

It's a mostly painless process but does require some toil for each of the maintainer's checkouts. It's best to do when there are no open pull requests, but even in that situation, the pull requests can be redirected.

I'll be happy to enact the change or advise.

[bhrutledge]

I've been wondering about this, and fully support it. I don't think I have the permissions to do that.

[sigmavirus24]

I don't have permissions to do it either. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[jaraco]

It seems I did have access, so since there wasn't any objection, I just did it using this routine. There may be some cleanup to do, such as changing the protection settings (I was unable thusfar to remove the master branch).

[jaraco]

After updating the branch protection rules to match main instead:

I was able to delete the master branch.

[jaraco]

Probably the docs at readthedocs need to point to the new default branch. Could someone with access to that project update it? Also, while you're at it, please share admin access to the docs with me and other maintainers on the project. Thanks.

[sigmavirus24]

I don't seem to have access to twine on RTD either. I feel like I used to have access to it but don't

[bhrutledge]

Maybe @di?

[bhrutledge]

The docs build is also failing, apparently due to the removal of setup.py, because RTD is running setup.py install --force.

https://readthedocs.org/projects/twine/builds/13994020/

A quick scan of the RTD docs suggests we might want to use a config file to change that setting: https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html#packages

I'm happy to take this opportunity to learn more about RTD , but it looks like I would need to be added as a maintainer. According to https://readthedocs.org/projects/twine/, the current maintainers are @dstufft, @brainwane, and @di. Could one of y'all add me, @jaraco, and @sigmavirus24?

[di]

Added https://readthedocs.org/profiles/jaraco/ and https://readthedocs.org/profiles/bhrutledge/, but https://readthedocs.org/profiles/sigmavirus24/ is 404.

[bhrutledge]

Thanks @di! I updated the docs settings, and the build is passing. Since I think that was the only remaining task, I'm going to close this issue.