adopt main terminology in the configs

ref pytest-dev/meta#8

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ Short version
 #. Follow **PEP-8** for naming and `black <https://github.com/psf/black>`_ for formatting.
 #. Tests are run using ``tox``::
 
-    tox -e linting,py37
 
    The test environments above are usually enough to cover most cases locally.
 
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ Here is a simple overview, with pytest-specific bits:
     $ cd pytest
     # now, create your own branch off "master":
 
-        $ git checkout -b your-bugfix-branch-name master
+        $ git checkout -b your-bugfix-branch-name main
 
    Given we have "major.minor.micro" version numbers, bug fixes will usually
    be released in micro releases whereas features will be released in
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ Here is a simple overview, with pytest-specific bits:
     compare: your-branch-name
 
     base-fork: pytest-dev/pytest
-    base: master
+    base: main
 
 
 Writing Tests

README.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.. image:: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/raw/master/doc/en/img/pytest_logo_curves.svg
+.. image:: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/raw/main/doc/en/img/pytest_logo_curves.svg
    :target: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/
    :align: center
    :height: 200
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/pytest.svg
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/pytest/
 
-.. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/pytest-dev/pytest/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
+.. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/pytest-dev/pytest/branch/main/graph/badge.svg
     :target: https://codecov.io/gh/pytest-dev/pytest
     :alt: Code coverage Status
 
 .. image:: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/workflows/main/badge.svg
     :target: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/actions?query=workflow%3Amain
 
-.. image:: https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/pytest-dev/pytest/master.svg
+.. image:: https://results.pre-commit.ci/badge/github/pytest-dev/pytest/main.svg
    :target: https://results.pre-commit.ci/latest/github/pytest-dev/pytest/master
    :alt: pre-commit.ci status
 
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2020.
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2021.
 
 Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.
 
-.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/LICENSE
+.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/main/LICENSE

doc/en/funcarg_compare.rst

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pytest for a long time offered a pytest_configure and a pytest_sessionstart
 hook which are often used to setup global resources.  This suffers from
 several problems:
 
-1. in distributed testing the master process would setup test resources
+1. in distributed testing the managing process would setup test resources
    that are never needed because it only co-ordinates the test run
    activities of the worker processes.
 

doc/en/index.rst

@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ Tidelift will coordinate the fix and disclosure.
 License
 -------
 
-Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2020.
+Copyright Holger Krekel and others, 2004-2021.
 
 Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open source software.
 
-.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/LICENSE
+.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/main/LICENSE

doc/en/license.rst

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ Distributed under the terms of the `MIT`_ license, pytest is free and open sourc
     OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
     SOFTWARE.
 
-.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/master/LICENSE
+.. _`MIT`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/blob/main/LICENSE

testing/test_config.py

@@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ class DummyPlugin:
 )
 def test_config_blocked_default_plugins(pytester: Pytester, plugin: str) -> None:
     if plugin == "debugging":
-        # Fixed in xdist master (after 1.27.0).
+        # Fixed in xdist (after 1.27.0).
         # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/pull/422
         try:
             import xdist  # noqa: F401

tox.ini

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ envlist =
     py38
     py39
     pypy3
-    py37-{pexpect,xdist,unittestextras,numpy,pluggymaster}
+    py37-{pexpect,xdist,unittestextras,numpy,pluggymain}
     doctesting
     plugins
     py37-freeze
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ deps =
     doctesting: PyYAML
     numpy: numpy>=1.19.4
     pexpect: pexpect>=4.8.0
-    pluggymaster: git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy.git@master
+    pluggymain: pluggy @ git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/pluggy.git
     pygments>=2.7.2
     unittestextras: twisted
     unittestextras: asynctest