# Main development branch renamed.

**URL:** <https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/main-development-branch-renamed/6952>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/main-development-branch-renamed/6952 "2021-03-09T11:56:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![MarkusH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/markush/32/19_2.png) [@MarkusH](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/MarkusH)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:56am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/main-development-branch-renamed/6952/1 "2021-03-09T11:56:57Z")

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Hello all,

following a very long discussion on the [django-developers mailing list](https://groups.google.com/g/django-developers/c/tctDuKUGosc/), we’ve renamed the primary branch of the Django git repository from “master” to “main”.

Cheers,

Markus

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**Author:** ![MarkusH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.djangoproject.com/markush/32/19_2.png) [@MarkusH](https://forum.djangoproject.com/u/MarkusH)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.djangoproject.com/t/main-development-branch-renamed/6952/2 "2021-03-09T11:57:05Z")

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