Currently the example section in got.1 uses a "master" branch
throughout.  Should we replace this with "main" for consistency?
Or keep it for some time while most repositories out there use
"master"?

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file + got/got.1
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@@ -2041,10 +2041,10 @@ In a work tree or a git repository directory, list all
 In a work tree or a git repository directory, create a new branch called
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 which is forked off the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got branch unified-buffer-cache master
+.Dl $ got branch unified-buffer-cache main
 .Pp
 Switch an existing work tree to the branch
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache .
@@ -2127,7 +2127,7 @@ to be amended and perhaps committed again:
 .Dl $ got backout unified-buffer-cache
 .Pp
 Fetch new upstream commits into the local repository's
-.Dq origin/master
+.Dq origin/main
 branch:
 .Pp
 .Dl $ cd /usr/src
@@ -2140,25 +2140,25 @@ the
 command must be used instead:
 .Pp
 .Dl $ cd /var/git/src.git
-.Dl $ git fetch origin master:refs/remotes/origin/master
+.Dl $ git fetch origin main:refs/remotes/origin/main
 .Pp
 Rebase the local
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch to merge the new changes that are now visible on the
-.Dq origin/master
+.Dq origin/main
 branch:
 .Pp
 .Dl $ cd /usr/src
-.Dl $ got update -b origin/master
-.Dl $ got rebase master
+.Dl $ got update -b origin/main
+.Dl $ got rebase main
 .Pp
 Rebase the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch on top of the new head commit of the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch.
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got update -b master
+.Dl $ got update -b main
 .Dl $ got rebase unified-buffer-cache
 .Pp
 Create a patch from all changes on the unified-buffer-cache branch.
@@ -2166,45 +2166,45 @@ The patch can be mailed out for review and applied to
 .Ox Ns 's
 CVS tree:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got diff master unified-buffer-cache > /tmp/ubc.diff
+.Dl $ got diff main unified-buffer-cache > /tmp/ubc.diff
 .Pp
 Edit the entire commit history of the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch:
 .Pp
 .Dl $ got update -b unified-buffer-cache
-.Dl $ got update -c master
+.Dl $ got update -c main
 .Dl $ got histedit
 .Pp
 In order to merge changes committed to the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch back into the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch, the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch must first be rebased onto the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got update -b master
+.Dl $ got update -b main
 .Dl $ got rebase unified-buffer-cache
 .Pp
 Changes on the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch can now be made visible on the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch with
 .Cm got integrate .
 Because the rebase operation switched the work tree to the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch, the work tree must be switched back to the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch before the
 .Dq unified-buffer-cache
 branch can be integrated into
-.Dq master :
+.Dq main :
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got update -b master
+.Dl $ got update -b main
 .Dl $ got integrate unified-buffer-cache
 .Pp
 Additional steps may be necessary if local changes need to be pushed back
@@ -2269,34 +2269,34 @@ without extra command line arguments:
 .Dl $ git fetch
 .Pp
 To make changes fetched from the remote repository appear on the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch, the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch must be rebased onto the
-.Dq origin/master
+.Dq origin/main
 branch.
 This will also merge local changes, if any, with the incoming changes:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got update -b origin/master
-.Dl $ got rebase master
+.Dl $ got update -b origin/main
+.Dl $ got rebase main
 .Pp
 On the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch, log messages for local changes can now be amended with
 .Dq OK
 by other developers and any other important new information:
 .Pp
-.Dl $ got update -c origin/master
+.Dl $ got update -c origin/main
 .Dl $ got histedit -m
 .Pp
 Local changes on the
-.Dq master
+.Dq main
 branch can then be pushed to the remote
 repository with
 .Cm git push :
 .Pp
 .Dl $ cd /var/git/repo
-.Dl $ git push origin master
+.Dl $ git push origin main
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr tog 1 ,
 .Xr git-repository 5 ,
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de