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 ## Branches
 
-Development happens on the `master` branch.
-An instance branch is created for every time the course is tought, following the naming scheme `instances/<YYYY>_<MM>` where `<YYYY>` and `<MM>` are the year and month in the Gregorian calendar the course starts in, e.g. `instances/2021_05`.
+Development happens on the `main` branch.
+An instance branch is created for every time the course is tought, following the naming scheme `instances/<YYYY>_<MM>` where `<YYYY>` and `<MM>` are the year and month in the Gregorian calendar the course starts in, e.g. `instances/2024_11`.
 Instance branches start by filling in place holders for things that change from one iteration to another, e.g. compute project names and the course date.
-If there is activity on the `master` branch, the instance branch is rebased to sit on top of it, until the course starts.
+If there is activity on the `main` branch, the instance branch is rebased to sit on top of it, until the course starts.
 Changes that are made during the course go on the instance branch.
-If they are to be included in the material for subsequent instances, they are cherry-picked into `master` after the course has ended.
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-Rendered HTML for instance branches is deployed to a subdirectory `<YYYY>_<MM>`, e.g. for [instances/2022_05](https://zhukov1.pages.jsc.fz-juelich.de/intro2sc-handson/2022_05).
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+If they are to be included in the material for subsequent instances, they are cherry-picked into `main` after the course has ended.
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