Support "main" as a default "baseBranch"

[hipstersmoothie]

Release Notes

Many communities, both on GitHub and in the wider Git community, are considering renaming the default branch name of their repository from master to main.

This pull request add default support for a main branch instead of master. If main is detected then that will be used as the baseBranch without the need for any configuration.

Why

The community is shifting.

Todo:

• Add tests
• Add docs

Change Type

Indicate the type of change your pull request is:

• documentation
• patch
• minor
• major

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yarn add @auto-canary/core@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
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yarn add @auto-canary/brew@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
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yarn add @auto-canary/conventional-commits@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/crates@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/docker@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/exec@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/first-time-contributor@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/gem@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/gh-pages@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/git-tag@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/gradle@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/jira@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/maven@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/microsoft-teams@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/npm@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/omit-commits@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/omit-release-notes@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
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yarn add @auto-canary/released@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/s3@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/slack@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/twitter@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/upload-assets@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0
yarn add @auto-canary/vscode@10.12.0-canary.1736.21358.0

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #1736 (4f534da) into main (75471fa) will decrease coverage by 0.19%.
The diff coverage is 61.53%.

@@            Coverage Diff             @@
##             main    #1736      +/-   ##
==========================================
- Coverage   80.38%   80.19%   -0.20%     
==========================================
  Files          63       63              
  Lines        4890     4898       +8     
  Branches     1068     1120      +52     
==========================================
- Hits         3931     3928       -3     
- Misses        656      666      +10     
- Partials      303      304       +1     

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
packages/cli/src/parse-args.ts	97.29% <ø> (ø)
packages/core/src/changelog.ts	95.52% <ø> (ø)
packages/core/src/types.ts	100.00% <ø> (ø)
packages/core/src/utils/get-current-branch.ts	58.33% <ø> (ø)
plugins/npm/src/index.ts	74.04% <ø> (ø)
packages/core/src/auto.ts	77.90% <55.55%> (-0.90%)	⬇️
packages/core/src/git.ts	88.10% <71.42%> (-0.22%)	⬇️
packages/core/src/release.ts	94.26% <100.00%> (-0.07%)	⬇️
packages/core/src/utils/exec-promise.ts	76.92% <0.00%> (-2.57%)	⬇️
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[adierkens]

🚀 PR was released in v10.12.0 🚀