Package-maintenance: `main` primary branch

[wesleytodd]

I pushed the branch but I guess I am not an admin so cannot make this change to the GH settings. I will re-target my open PRs now, but someone will need to change the default.

[wesleytodd]

Also, I re-targeted active existing PRs to main. So once we change the primary branch it should just be a matter of moving the last few (and any which open in the mean time against master) and then contributors switching in their local copies.

[ljharb]

I’ve changed the setting.

If you delete the master branch, URLs will redirect properly.

[dominykas]

Is there any tool that does all the things that need to be done (add new branch, change all open PRs, change settings, delete old branch, etc) in one go?

[wesleytodd]

I believe there is, I can't remember what it was called though. In this case there was so little work I just did it manually. For more active repos it would be awesome to automate.

[ljharb]

Eventually github will support doing all those things natively and automatically; in general my suggestion is for repos to immediately start new with "main", but to consider holding off on the switch until github's finished shipping the features for it.

[wesleytodd]

Branch removed and comments made on the closed PRs if folks want to take them up again.