[watt]

Yes, because master is the default implicit branch. (Now, in git is possible to designate other branch as default, but folks who follow the advice in article often are not experienced enough to do it.)

I know a team that runs this branching model. It's quite surprising to hear statements "we never commit to master branch". "after cloning, always remember to switch to development branch". "when creating pull request, always remember if you used "development" as base". and then the mistakes eat up lot of cycles in the end.

[madeofpalk]

all they've done is just rename master.