Gitversion: [Bug] Support for Github 'main' branch

[chr15murray]

Describe the bug
A newly created github repo now uses 'main' instead of 'master' as the default branch. Attempting to run gitversion against this results in.
System.InvalidOperationException: Could not find a 'develop' or 'master' branch, neither locally nor remotely.
I believe the default behavior should be extedned to include 'main' also.

Other command such as /init also fail

Expected Behavior

A 'main' branch should be treated the same as a 'master' branch with default configuration.

Actual Behavior

There is no default handling for a main branch and the lack of master or develop causes an error to be returned.

Possible Fix

Steps to Reproduce

• Create a new repo (default branch will be set to 'main'
• clone repo
• run gitversion and expect the error

Context

I expect I will need to create a GitVersion.yml and setup main branch handling until this is supported. Alternatively I could rename my branch to master.

Your Environment

• Version Used: 5.3.7
• Operating System and version (Windows 10, Ubuntu 18.04): OSX
• Link to your project: N/A
• Link to your CI build (if appropriate): N/A

[asbjornu]

2367 added support for main, but it has unfortunately not been released yet. We'll be sure to get a release out the door soon.

[jeanfrancoislarente]

@chr15murray - would be useful if you could edit the title of the issue.

[atrauzzi]

Any possible workarounds while we wait for the release?

[gep13]

@atrauzzi you should be able to setup the configuration file similar to the following:

https://github.com/Jericho/ZoomNet/blob/develop/GitVersion.yml

Where that repository has already made the switch to using main

[asbjornu]

@atrauzzi, #2367 should have been included in the 5.5.0 release that went out the door 16 days ago. Does it now work?

[jeanfrancoislarente]

@asbjornu - Don't want to hijack this thread, but I'm trying to take advantage of the latest version to resolve the issue in this thread but I'm using Azure pipeline task GitVersion@5 and it seems like it's always only installing 5.0.1?

Are there steps to get 5.5.0 supported in Azure Pipelines so that I can take advantage of the latest version changes?

steps:
- task: GitVersion@5
  inputs:
    runtime: 'core'
    configFilePath: 'GitVersion.yml'
    updateAssemblyInfo: true

Output in pipeline:

Task         : GitVersion Task
Description  : Easy Semantic Versioning (http://semver.org) for projects using Git
Version      : 5.0.1
Author       : GitVersion Contributors

[arturcic]

@jeanfrancoislarente GitVersion task is obsolete, please consider moving to https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=gittools.gittools. Here is a sample on
how to use it https://github.com/GitTools/actions/blob/master/docs/examples/azure/gitversion/index.md

[jeanfrancoislarente]

Thanks for the prompt response @arturcic - moved over now. Issue with updateAssemblyFileInfo but I'll dig into that and/or create a separate issue once I'm done testing the switch to main branch!

[atrauzzi]

I think the GitHub action for gitversion might need to be updated.

[fowl2]

I'm still receiving this error with only a 'main' branch in version 5.5.1.

(also, seems like the error message will need to be updated too)

[asbjornu]

(also, seems like the error message will need to be updated too)

Indeed. Pull requests are welcome! 🙏