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You can put this in your .gitconfig and do 'git checkout-default' to always checkout the default branch of the repo you're in, no matter what it's called:

by JelteF 3y ago

You can put this in your .gitconfig and do 'git checkout-default' to always checkout the default branch of the repo you're in, no matter what it's called: [alias] checkout-default = "!git checkout $(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref origin/HEAD | sed 's@^origin/@@')"

ckolkey 3y ago
This assumes there's a remote set up called "origin" - also an arbitrary name ;)
- JelteF 3y ago
  Luckily that's something that you control client side so you can simply be consistent about that yourself.