From f16111632a19d3c2ec3ae4d0e6e2ac8021f2bb82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philipp Schaefer <23384863+theoehrly@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:35:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] MNT: rename master branch to main

---
 .github/workflows/docs.yml                    | 16 ++++++++--------
 .github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml |  2 +-
 docs/contributing/contributing.rst            |  4 ++--
 docs/index.rst                                |  4 ++--
 4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index cb9af55e5..61849a16e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ on:
         type: string
       test-build:
         # does not use the versioning setup and only does a simple html build
-        # enables running on push to master when no access to secrets is available
+        # enables running on push to main when no access to secrets is available
         description: "Unversioned test build"
         required: false
         type: boolean
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ on:
     types: [ released ]
   push:
     branches:
-      - master
+      - main
     paths:
       - 'src/docs/**'
       - 'src/fastf1/**'
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout currently deployed build output from external repo to build directory
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
         # skip for pull requests (no access to secret + unversioned build is sufficient)
-        if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'))
+        if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'))
         with:
           repository: theOehrly/fastf1-doc-build-output
           path: docs/_build/html
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
             make version-build VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"  #  versioned build: release
           elif [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "workflow_dispatch" ]]; then
             make version-build  # versioned build: dev
-          elif [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/master" ]]; then
+          elif [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/heads/main" ]]; then
             make version-build  # versioned build: dev
           else
             make html  # unversioned build
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ jobs:
           path: ./doc_cache
 
       - name: Push build changes to external repo
-        # If this was either a release, run manually with publish=true or a push to master
-        if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') || inputs.publish)
+        # If this was either a release, run manually with publish=true or a push to main
+        if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') || inputs.publish)
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
         with:
           cwd: "docs/_build/html"
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ jobs:
           push: true
 
   deploy:
-    # deploy releases, dev builds on master and manual runs with publish=true
-    if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/master') || inputs.publish)
+    # deploy releases, dev builds on main and manual runs with publish=true
+    if: (!inputs.test-build) && ((github.event_name == 'release') || (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') || inputs.publish)
     name: Deploy Documentation
 
     # Add a dependency to the build job
diff --git a/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml b/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
index 90ab56054..8e517c4dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selective_cache_persist.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 
 jobs:
-  access-fastf1-master-cache:
+  access-fastf1-main-cache:
     # Simply access the FastF1 cache for all runners of the test matrix without
     # modifying them to prevent GitHub from deleting the cache entries because
     # they have not been accessed.
diff --git a/docs/contributing/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
index 0126a05a3..e49808aa1 100644
--- a/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing/contributing.rst
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ A brief overview is:
 
 5. Create a branch to hold your changes::
 
-      git checkout -b my-feature origin/master
+      git checkout -b my-feature origin/main
 
-   and start making changes. Never work in the ``master`` branch!
+   and start making changes. Never work in the ``main`` branch!
 
 6. Work on this copy, on your computer, using Git to do the version control.
    When you're done editing e.g., ``fastf1/core.py``, do::
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 405cc0e99..d8554af82 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ me via email at oehrly@mailbox.org. Any requests to this address will be
 treated with confidentiality, if desired. **Do not use this email address for
 general support requests! Such requests will likely be ignored.**
 
-FastF1 has a `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_.
+FastF1 has a `Code of Conduct <https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_.
 Complaints about a perceived breach of this code of conduct should be sent to
 oehrly@mailbox.org, in almost all cases. Please refer to the Code of Conduct,
 available through the main page of the GitHub repository (or click
-`here <https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_),
+`here <https://github.com/theOehrly/Fast-F1/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md>`_),
 for information on how breaches are reported, how the
 Code of Conduct is enforced and what values FastF1 encourages.