Merge pull request #3345 from getpelican/main-default-branch

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ jobs:
     environment: Deployment
     needs: [test, lint, docs, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref=='refs/heads/master' && github.event_name!='pull_request' && github.repository == 'getpelican/pelican'
+    if: github.ref=='refs/heads/main' && github.event_name!='pull_request' && github.repository == 'getpelican/pelican'
 
     permissions:
       contents: write

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Before you ask for help, please make sure you do the following:
 
 3. Try reproducing the issue in a clean environment, ensuring you are using:
 
-* latest Pelican release (or an up-to-date Git clone of Pelican master)
+* latest Pelican release (or an up-to-date Git clone of Pelican ``main`` branch)
 * latest releases of libraries used by Pelican
 * no plugins or only those related to the issue
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Using Git and GitHub
 --------------------
 
 * `Create a new branch`_ specific to your change (as opposed to making
-  your commits in the master branch).
+  your commits in the ``main`` branch).
 * **Don't put multiple unrelated fixes/features in the same branch / pull request.**
   For example, if you're working on a new feature and find a bugfix that
   doesn't *require* your new feature, **make a new distinct branch and pull

README.rst

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Why the name “Pelican”?
 .. _`Pelican's internals`: https://docs.getpelican.com/en/latest/internals.html
 .. _`hosted on GitHub`: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican
 
-.. |build-status| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/getpelican/pelican/main.yml?branch=master
-   :target: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/actions/workflows/main.yml?query=branch%3Amaster
+.. |build-status| image:: https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/getpelican/pelican/main.yml?branch=main
+   :target: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/actions/workflows/main.yml?query=branch%3Amain
    :alt: GitHub Actions CI: continuous integration status
 .. |pypi-version| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/pelican.svg
    :target: https://pypi.org/project/pelican/

docs/settings.rst

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Environment variables can also be used here but must be escaped appropriately::
 
 Settings are configured in the form of a Python module (a file). There is an
 `example settings file
-<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/raw/master/samples/pelican.conf.py>`_
+<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/raw/main/samples/pelican.conf.py>`_
 available for reference.
 
 To see a list of current settings in your environment, including both default

docs/themes.rst

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ To generate its HTML output, Pelican uses the `Jinja
 <https://palletsprojects.com/p/jinja/>`_ templating engine due to its flexibility and
 straightforward syntax. If you want to create your own theme, feel free to take
 inspiration from the `"simple" theme
-<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/tree/master/pelican/themes/simple/templates>`_.
+<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/tree/main/pelican/themes/simple/templates>`_.
 
 To generate your site using a theme you have created (or downloaded manually
 and then modified), you can specify that theme via the ``-t`` flag::
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ period_num              A tuple of the form (``year``, ``month``, ``day``),
 
 You can see an example of how to use `period` in the `"simple" theme
 period_archives.html template
-<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/blob/master/pelican/themes/simple/templates/period_archives.html>`_.
+<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/blob/main/pelican/themes/simple/templates/period_archives.html>`_.
 
 
 .. _period_archives_variable:

docs/tips.rst

@@ -89,18 +89,18 @@ Publishing a User Site to GitHub Pages from a Branch
 ----------------------------------------------------
 
 To publish a Pelican site in the form of User Pages, you need to *push* the
-content of the ``output`` dir generated by Pelican to the ``master`` branch of
+content of the ``output`` dir generated by Pelican to the ``main`` branch of
 your ``<username>.github.io`` repository on GitHub.
 
 Again, you can take advantage of ``ghp-import``::
 
     $ pelican content -o output -s pelicanconf.py
     $ ghp-import output -b gh-pages
-    $ git push git@github.com:elemoine/elemoine.github.io.git gh-pages:master
+    $ git push git@github.com:elemoine/elemoine.github.io.git gh-pages:main
 
 The ``git push`` command pushes the local ``gh-pages`` branch (freshly updated
 by the ``ghp-import`` command) to the ``elemoine.github.io`` repository's
-``master`` branch on GitHub.
+``main`` branch on GitHub.
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -116,18 +116,18 @@ inside the ``Pelican`` folder you can run::
 
     $ pelican content -o .. -s pelicanconf.py
 
-Now you can push the whole project ``<username>.github.io`` to the master
+Now you can push the whole project ``<username>.github.io`` to the main
 branch of your GitHub repository::
 
-    $ git push origin master
+    $ git push origin main
 
 (assuming origin is set to your remote repository).
 
 Publishing to GitHub Pages Using a Custom GitHub Actions Workflow
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Pelican-powered sites can be published to GitHub Pages via a `custom workflow
-<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/blob/master/.github/workflows/github_pages.yml>`_.
+<https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/blob/main/.github/workflows/github_pages.yml>`_.
 To use it:
 
 1. Enable GitHub Pages in your repo: go to **Settings → Pages** and choose
@@ -144,15 +144,15 @@ To use it:
          workflow_dispatch:
        jobs:
          deploy:
-           uses: "getpelican/pelican/.github/workflows/github_pages.yml@master"
+           uses: "getpelican/pelican/.github/workflows/github_pages.yml@main"
            permissions:
              contents: "read"
              pages: "write"
              id-token: "write"
            with:
              settings: "publishconf.py"
 
-   You may want to replace the ``@master`` with the ID of a specific commit in
+   You may want to replace the ``@main`` with the ID of a specific commit in
    this repo in order to pin the version of the reusable workflow that you're using:
    ``uses: getpelican/pelican/.github/workflows/github_pages.yml@<COMMIT_ID>``.
    If you do this you might want to get Dependabot to send you automated pull

pelican/settings.py

@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def handle_deprecated_settings(settings: Settings) -> Settings:
             "FILES_TO_COPY",
             "STATIC_PATHS and EXTRA_PATH_METADATA",
             "https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/"
-            "blob/master/docs/settings.rst#path-metadata",
+            "blob/main/docs/settings.rst#path-metadata",
         ),
     ]:
         if old in settings: