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 '@backstage/create-app': minor
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-**BREAKING** The `publish:github` scaffolder action defaults to initializing a branche named "main" instead of "master" when creating new repositories.
+**BREAKING** The `publish:github` scaffolder action now defaults to initializing with a branch named "main" instead of "master" when creating new repositories.
 
 If you or your organization have relied on all new github repositories having a default branch name of "master" you **must** set the `defaultBranch: 'master'` in your existing templates that feature the `publish:github` scaffolder action.