From de00162797ddd833a592b918e6405d7f87d26f15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mashehu <mashehu3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:20:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] set git defaultBranch to master in sync action

---
 .github/workflows/sync.yml | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
index 625f00d24..c1d14d634 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "latest-everything"
 
+      - name: Set git defaultBranch to master
+        run: |
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch master
+
       - name: Run synchronisation
         if: github.repository == 'nf-core/tools'
         env:

From 60ae1afaa7e568806602f579ee63577f5c0e4832 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mashehu <mashehu3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:26:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4eef49da4..73760131f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 - Don't break gitpod.yml with template string ([#3332](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3332))
 - rocrate: remove duplicated entries for name and version ([#3333](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3333))
 - rocrate: Update crate with version bump and handle new contributor field ([#3334](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3334))
+- Set git defaultBranch to master in sync action ([#3337](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/3337))
 
 ### Version updates
 

From 5ee2d52d5ef6a2ffe6e6970b65fbde7e7f7539c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mashehu <mashehu3@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:30:14 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] use nextflow.config to set defaultBranch

---
 .github/workflows/sync.yml | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
index c1d14d634..b0464d274 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -87,9 +87,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "latest-everything"
 
-      - name: Set git defaultBranch to master
+      - name: Set Git default branch from nextflow.config and set git default branch to that or "master"
         run: |
-          git config --global init.defaultBranch master
+          defaultBranch=$(grep -B5 -A5 "nextflowVersion" nextflow.config | grep "defaultBranch" | cut -d"=" -f2)
+          if [ -z "$defaultBranch" ]; then
+            defaultBranch="master"
+          fi
+          git config --global init.defaultBranch $defaultBranch
 
       - name: Run synchronisation
         if: github.repository == 'nf-core/tools'