@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
+index dd28a79..451f518 100644
+--- a/cgit.c
++++ b/cgit.c
+@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ static char *guess_defbranch(void)
+ 
+ 	ref = resolve_ref_unsafe("HEAD", 0, &oid, NULL);
+ 	if (!ref || !skip_prefix(ref, "refs/heads/", &refname))
+-		return "master";
++		return "main";
+ 	return xstrdup(refname);
+ }
+ 
+diff --git a/ui-repolist.c b/ui-repolist.c
+index 97b11c5..cde9cd0 100644
+--- a/ui-repolist.c
++++ b/ui-repolist.c
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int get_repo_modtime(const struct cgit_repo *repo, time_t *mtime)
+ 
+ 	strbuf_reset(&path);
+ 	strbuf_addf(&path, "%s/refs/heads/%s", repo->path,
+-		    repo->defbranch ? repo->defbranch : "master");
++		    repo->defbranch ? repo->defbranch : "main");
+ 	if (stat(path.buf, &s) == 0) {
+ 		*mtime = s.st_mtime;
+ 		r->mtime = *mtime;