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You may clone a Ceph branch of the Ceph source code by going to `github Ceph
-Repository`_, selecting a branch (``master`` by default), and clicking the
+Repository`_, selecting a branch (``main`` by default), and clicking the
**Download ZIP** button.
.. _github Ceph Repository: https://github.com/ceph/ceph
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Once you clone the source code and submodules, your Ceph repository
-will be on the ``master`` branch by default, which is the unstable
+will be on the ``main`` branch by default, which is the unstable
development branch. You may choose other branches too.
-- ``master``: The unstable development branch.
+- ``main``: The unstable development branch.
- ``stable-release-name``: The name of the stable, :ref:`active release <ceph-releases-index>`. e.g. ``Pacific``
- ``next``: The release candidate branch.
::
- git checkout master
+ git checkout main