rename "master" to "main"

8 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index 5a313c2..e6f5441 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: Build and test
 
 on:
-    # Only on pushes to master or one of the release branches we build on push
+    # Only on pushes to main or one of the release branches we build on push
     push:
         branches:
-            - master
+            - main
             - "[0-9].[0-9]+-branch"
         tags:
     # Build pull requests
diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 5ae6166..bd596c9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 3.0.0 (Unreleased)
 ------------------
 
+- Rename "master" git branch to "main"
+
 Updated Defaults
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
index 6d6df5d..462ea24 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
@@ -146,3 +146,5 @@ Contributors
 - Jack Wearden, 2018-05-18
 
 - Frank Krick, 2018-10-29
+
+- Jonathan Vanasco, 2022-11-15
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 0d9c5e9..0696bba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ Waitress
 .. image:: https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/workflows/Build%20and%20test/badge.svg
     :target: https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Build+and+test%22
 
-.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/waitress/badge/?version=master
-        :target: https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/master
-        :alt: master Documentation Status
+.. image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/waitress/badge/?version=main
+        :target: https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/main
+        :alt: main Documentation Status
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/irc-freenode-blue.svg
         :target: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=pyramid
diff --git a/RELEASING.txt b/RELEASING.txt
index 1306098..0f1f917 100644
--- a/RELEASING.txt
+++ b/RELEASING.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Prepare new release
   $ twine upload dist/waitress-X.X-*
 
 
-Prepare master for further development (major releases only)
+Prepare main for further development (major releases only)
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 - In CHANGES.txt, preserve headings but clear out content. Add heading
diff --git a/contributing.md b/contributing.md
index 6bdfb52..af8dfa4 100644
--- a/contributing.md
+++ b/contributing.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ To respect both your time and ours, we emphasize the following points.
 Git branches
 ------------
 
-There is a single branch [master](https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/) on which development takes place and from which releases to PyPI are tagged. This is the default branch on GitHub.
+There is a single branch [main](https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/) on which development takes place and from which releases to PyPI are tagged. This is the default branch on GitHub.
 
 
 Running tests and building documentation
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Contributing documentation
 
 6.  From this point forward, follow the typical [git workflow](https://help.github.com/articles/what-is-a-good-git-workflow/). Start by pulling from the upstream to get the most current changes.
 
-         git pull upstream master
+         git pull upstream main
 
 7.  Make a branch, make changes to the docs, and rebuild them as indicated in step 5.  To speed up the build process, you can omit `clean` from the above command to rebuild only those pages that depend on the files you have changed.
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index cf0ff9b..392bde9 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ templates_path = ["_templates"]
 # The suffix of source filenames.
 source_suffix = ".rst"
 
-# The master toctree document.
+# The main toctree document.
 master_doc = "index"
 
 # General substitutions.
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index ba34b5e..2081778 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ To check out the trunk via ``git``, use this command:
 
   git clone git@github.com:Pylons/waitress.git
 
-To find out how to become a contributor to Waitress, please see the guidelines in `contributing.md <https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/blob/master/contributing.md>`_ and `How to Contribute Source Code and Documentation <https://pylonsproject.org/community-how-to-contribute.html>`_.
+To find out how to become a contributor to Waitress, please see the guidelines in `contributing.md <https://github.com/Pylons/waitress/blob/main/contributing.md>`_ and `How to Contribute Source Code and Documentation <https://pylonsproject.org/community-how-to-contribute.html>`_.
 
 Why?
 ----