Mention main in NEWS and README.md

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7704dbe32953c91ff07e22a0d1f135aaa4f7a0ed..ea9f7b6ede26e3b2b287384cc37a1ec548b303f4 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Overview of Changes
+===================
+
+* Rename git `master` branch to `main`
+
 Overview of Changes in 4.5.0
 ============================
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98f4122b7675db87d17f904b16b102ddf07dc084..d9d18da8f541e998254089c5e1efdf7891f5b3f7 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,20 @@ docs/reference/gtk/html/gtk-building.html
 
 Or [online](https://docs.gtk.org/gtk4/building.html)
 
+Default branch renamed to `main`
+--------------------------------
+
+The default development branch of GTK has been renamed to `main`.
+To update your local checkout, use:
+```sh
+git checkout master
+git branch -m master main
+git fetch
+git branch --unset-upstream
+git branch -u origin/main
+git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD refs/remotes/origin/main
+```
+
 How to report bugs
 ------------------