[ARROW-15689] [Dev] Rename default branch to 'main'

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Developer Tools
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/31142
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Neal Richardson
• Created: 15/Feb/22 20:14
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:38

Description

Parent issue, see subtasks

Sub-Tasks

• [Dev] Update GitHub Actions workflows that hardcode master as default: Resolved
• [Dev] Update archery to work with either master or main as default branch: Resolved
• [Dev] Update release scripts to use default branch: Closed
• [Dev] Update crossbow templates to use master or main: Resolved
• [Dev] Update apache/arrow-site GitHub Actions deploy.yml website deployment workflow to support being triggered when pushing to main: Closed
• [Dev] Update the pull request merge script to work with master or main: In Progress
• [Dev] Ask INFRA to switch default branch to main: Open
• [Dev] Update URLs in the repo to point to main: Open
• [Dev] Remove support for triggering GitHub Actions apache/arrow-site website deployment workflow when pushing to master: Open
• [Website] Remove mentions of master branch from Apache Arrow website content: Open
• [Dev] Remove "master" from default_branch property of Target class in core.py after migration to "main" as the default Git branch: Open
• [Dev] Replace hard-coded string "master" with "main" in dev/archery/archery/crossbow/core.py after default branch migration: Open