Change the default branch name from master to main

Related: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/221014

Current status: done.

  • Create main branch from master
  • Update default branch to main in repository settings and set protected branch
  • Update all open merge requests to point to main
  • Update .gitlab-ci.yml and documentation !437 (merged)
  • Update all downstream users of master
    • Omnibus omnibus-gitlab!4772 (merged)
    • CNG gitlab-org/charts/gitlab!1670 (merged) <- gitlab-org/build/CNG!558 (merged)
    • GCK gitlab-compose-kit!143 (merged)
    • [-] GDK
    • GitLab docs (gitlab!48343 (merged))
    • Security group mirror's default branch + protected branch settings
    • Dev instance mirror's default branch + protected branch settings
    • GitHub instance's default branch
    • CodeClimate
  • Delete master so we no longer have to keep it up to date
Edited Jan 08, 2021 by Nick Thomas
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