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60 | 60 | - term: branch
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61 | 61 | description: >-
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62 | 62 | A branch is a parallel version of a repository. It is contained within the
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| - repository, but does not affect the primary or master branch allowing you to |
| 63 | + repository, but does not affect the primary or main branch allowing you to |
64 | 64 | work freely without disrupting the "live" version. When you've made the
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| - changes you want to make, you can merge your branch back into the master |
| 65 | + changes you want to make, you can merge your branch back into the main |
66 | 66 | branch to publish your changes.
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67 | 67 | - term: branch restriction
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68 | 68 | description: >-
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141 | 141 | Short, descriptive text that accompanys a commit and communicates the change
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142 | 142 | the commit is introducing.
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143 | 143 | - term: compare branch
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| - description: The branch you use to create a pull request. |
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| - This branch is compared to the base branch you choose for the pull request, and the changes are identified. |
| 144 | + description: >- |
| 145 | + The branch you use to create a pull request. |
| 146 | + This branch is compared to the base branch you choose for the pull request, and the changes are identified. |
146 | 147 | When the pull request is merged, the base branch is updated with the changes from the compare branch.
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147 | 148 | Also known as the "head branch" of the pull request.
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148 | 149 | - term: continuous integration
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395 | 396 | Markdown and uses a particular form of Markdown called GitHub Flavored Markdown. See [GitHub Flavored Markdown Spec](https://github.github.com/gfm/) or [Getting started with writing and formatting on GitHub](/articles/getting-started-with-writing-and-formatting-on-github).
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396 | 397 | - term: Markup
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397 | 398 | description: A system for annotating and formatting a document.
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| 399 | +- term: main |
399 | 400 | description: >-
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400 | 401 | The default development branch. Whenever you create a Git repository, a
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| - branch named "master" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most |
| 402 | + branch named "main" is created, and becomes the active branch. In most |
402 | 403 | cases, this contains the local development, though that is purely by
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403 | 404 | convention and is not required.
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| 405 | +- term: master |
| 406 | + description: >- |
| 407 | + The default branch in many Git repositories. By default, when you create |
| 408 | + a new Git repository on the command line a branch called `master` is created. |
| 409 | + Many tools now use an alternative name for the default branch. For example, |
| 410 | + when you create a new repository on GitHub the default branch is called `main`. |
404 | 411 | - term: Members graph
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405 | 412 | description: A repository graph that shows all the forks of a repository.
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406 | 413 | - term: mention
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