Replace master with main where applicable

.github/CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ context as possible.
 In case you've encountered a bug, please make sure:
 
 - You are using the [latest version](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/releases).
-- You have read the [documentation](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/master/README.md) first, and
+- You have read the [documentation](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/README.md) first, and
   double-checked your configuration.
 - You have acknowledged from [Troubleshooting & debugging](../README.md#troubleshooting--debugging) the errors are
   likely a bug in this project, and not coming from e.g. your environment or custom scripts/commands.

.github/workflows/markdown-link-checker.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Check Markdown links
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
     tags:
       - '!**'
   schedule:
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
   markdown-link-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@main
       - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
         with:
           config-file: .github/workflows/markdown-link-checker.json

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Use release-it v14 in legacy environments.
 
 - The custom `conventional-changelog` increment (e.g. `"increment": "conventional:angular"`) with additional script
   configuration is replaced with a plugin. Please see
-  [conventional changelog](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/master/docs/changelog.md#conventional-changelog)
+  [conventional changelog](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/docs/changelog.md#conventional-changelog)
   how to use this plugin.
 - The `pkgFiles` option has been removed. If there's a need to bump other files than what `npm version` bumps, it should
   be (part of) a plugin.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Use release-it v14 in legacy environments.
 
 - Dropped support for Node v6
 - Deprecated options from v9 are removed, the `dist.repo` config in particular (also see
-  [distribution repository](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/master/docs/recipes/distribution-repo.md) for
+  [distribution repository](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/docs/recipes/distribution-repo.md) for
   alternatives).
 - Drop the `--debug` flag. `DEBUG=release-it:* ...` still works.
 

docs/changelog.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ For this, [auto-changelog](https://github.com/CookPete/auto-changelog) is a grea
 ```json
 {
   "git": {
-    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false -u --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/master/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
+    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false -u --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/main/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
   },
   "hooks": {
     "after:bump": "npx auto-changelog -p"

docs/ci.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ origin url before running release-it. An example is this `.travis.yml` section:
 script:
   - git remote rm origin
   - git remote add origin https://[user]:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/[user]/[project].git
-  - git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/master
+  - git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/main
 ```
 
 Replace `[user]` and `[project]` with the actual values.

docs/configuration.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ TOML is also supported in `.release-it.toml`:
 Any option can also be set on the command-line, and will have highest priority. Example:
 
 ```bash
-release-it minor --git.requireBranch=master --github.release
+release-it minor --git.requireBranch=main --github.release
 ```
 
 Boolean arguments can be negated by using the `no-` prefix:

docs/git.md

@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ Example: `git.tagMatch: "[0-9][0-9].[0-1][0-9].[0-9]*"`
 
 ## Tag Exclude
 
-Use `git.tagExclude` to override the normal behavior to find the latest tag. For example whendoing a major release and 
-you want to exclude any sort of pre-releases, use `*[-]*`, as this would exclude everything with a hyphen, which is 
+Use `git.tagExclude` to override the normal behavior to find the latest tag. For example whendoing a major release and
+you want to exclude any sort of pre-releases, use `*[-]*`, as this would exclude everything with a hyphen, which is
 normally used exclusively in pre-releases.
 
 Example: `git.tagExclude: *[-]*`
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ This is disabled by default, but release-it can exit the process when the curren
 ```json
 {
   "git": {
-    "requireBranch": "master"
+    "requireBranch": "main"
   }
 }
 ```
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ The working directory should be clean (i.e. `git status` should say something li
 
 ```bash
 $ git status
-On branch master
-Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
+On branch main
+Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
 
 nothing to commit, working tree clean
 ```
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ Configure `pushRepo` with either a remote name or a Git url to push the release
 
 Disabling `git.requireUpstream` is useful when releasing from a different branch (that is not yet tracking cq present on
 a remote). Or similar, when releasing a (new) project that did not push to the remote before. Please note that in
-general you should not need this, as it is considered a best practice to release from the `master` branch only. Here is
-an example use case and how it can be handled using release-it:
+general you should not need this, as it is considered a best practice to release from the `main` branch only. Here is an
+example use case and how it can be handled using release-it:
 
 - After a major release (v2), a bug is found and a fix released in v2.0.1.
 - The fix should be backported to v1, so a branch "v1" is made and the fix is cherry-picked.

docs/plugins.md

@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ Alternatively, here's a `release-it-plugin` as a local module:
 
 To create a plugin, extend the `Plugin` class, and implement one or more release-cycle methods. See the "interface"
 below (where none of the methods is required). Any of these methods can be `async`. See this
-[test helper](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/master/test/util/index.js#L54) to get an idea of the methods
-a release-it plugin can implement.
+[test helper](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/test/util/index.js#L54) to get an idea of the methods a
+release-it plugin can implement.
 
 Note that `release-it` should be a `peerDependency` (and probably also a `devDependency` to use its helpers in the
 plugin tests). Here's an example `package.json`:
@@ -378,5 +378,5 @@ Here's an example:
 ## Available & example plugins
 
 - All packages tagged with [`"release-it-plugin"` on npm](https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=keywords:release-it-plugin).
-- Recipe: [my-version](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/master/docs/recipes/my-version.md) - example plugin
-- [Internal release-it plugins](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/tree/master/lib/plugin)
+- Recipe: [my-version](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/docs/recipes/my-version.md) - example plugin
+- [Internal release-it plugins](https://github.com/release-it/release-it/tree/main/lib/plugin)

docs/recipes/auto-changelog.md

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Example configuration in the release-it config:
 ```json
 {
   "git": {
-    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/master/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
+    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/main/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
   },
   "hooks": {
     "after:bump": "npx auto-changelog -p"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The template above [changelog-compact.hbs](../../templates/changelog-compact.hbs
 ```json
 {
   "git": {
-    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/master/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
+    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/main/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
   },
   "hooks": {
     "after:bump": "npx auto-changelog -p"
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ Projects without a `package.json` that need to generate a `CHANGELOG.md` compati
 ```json
 {
   "git": {
-    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/master/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
+    "changelog": "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false --unreleased --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/main/templates/changelog-compact.hbs"
   },
   "hooks": {
-    "after:bump": "npx auto-changelog --commit-limit false --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/master/templates/keepachangelog.hbs"
+    "after:bump": "npx auto-changelog --commit-limit false --template https://raw.githubusercontent.com/release-it/release-it/main/templates/keepachangelog.hbs"
   }
 }
 ```

test/stub/github.js

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const interceptListReleases = ({
         upload_url: `https://uploads.${host}/repos/${owner}/${project}/releases/1/assets{?name,label}`,
         html_url: `https://${host}/${owner}/${project}/releases/tag/${tag_name}`,
         tag_name,
-        target_commitish: 'master',
+        target_commitish: 'main',
         name: `Release ${tag_name}`,
         body: 'Description of the release',
         draft: false,