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This ensures that you keep what is in the “ main” branch as-is.

Select the new ' main' branch as the collaboration branch and make sure you uncheck Import existing Data Factory resources to repository. Type the name of your data factory and click on Confirm: I always recommend that you do this just in case, but since we will immediately reconnect to our Git repository, you don’t have to do it in this case. You will see a warning that you should publish all pending changes before disconnecting to avoid losing any changes. Go to the Manage page and click on Git Configuration. If you get a notification that the current working branch was deleted, use the new “ main” branch instead: Open or switch back to your Azure Data Factory. Yay! The default branch has now been changed to “ main”:īack in the branches overview, click on the delete icon next to the “ master” branch to delete it: The warning says that changing your default branch can have unintended consequences that can affect new pull requests and clones. On the default branch page, click on the branch dropdown where it says “ master”. In the branches overview, click on Change default branch: Type “ main” as the new branch name, then click on Create branch: main from master:

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On the Code page, click on the branch dropdown where it says “ master”. Open your Azure Data Factory Git repository in GitHub. (If you are using Azure DevOps instead, scroll down 👇🏻🤓)

Reconnect to your Git repository in Azure Data Factory using the new “ main” branch as the collaboration branchįor The Longer Version with Screenshots, scroll down to GitHub or Azure DevOps 👇🏻 GitHub.

Disconnect from your Git repository in Azure Data Factory.

Delete the old “ master” branch in your Git repository.

Set the new “ main” branch as the default branch in your Git repository.

Create a new “ main” branch in your Git repository.

As always, keep in mind that this is most likely a larger change, both technically and organizationally, in production and enterprise projects. I’m not taking into consideration any branch policies, other users, third-party tools, or external dependencies. Then we will reconnect Azure Data Factory and configure it to use the new “ main” branch as the collaboration branch.įor these examples, I’m using my personal demo projects.

#RENAME BRANCH HOW TO#

In this post, we will go through how to rename the default branch from “ master” to “ main” in Azure Data Factory Git repositories hosted in GitHub and Azure DevOps. I fully support this change and will be doing the same in my projects. GitHub and Azure DevOps will be changing their default branch names to “ main” in 2020. The Git project, GitHub, and Azure DevOps are making changes to allow users to specify a different default branch name. This is problematic because it is not inclusive and is very offensive to many people. Historically, the default branch name in git repositories has been “ master”. In most cases, the default branch is used. When connecting, you have to specify which collaboration branch to use. In Azure Data Factory, you can connect to a Git repository using either GitHub or Azure DevOps.

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