Can’t change git default branch to main on the command line

I’ve read on several sites that you can use git config --global init.defaultBranch main to change the default branch (from master) to main. But it doesn’t work for me. Here it’s from my terminal (my os is ubuntu):

$ git config --list
user.email=*************
user.name=********
credential.helper=store
core.editor=nano

$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main
$ git config --list
user.email=*************
user.name=*************
credential.helper=store
core.editor=nano
init.defaultbranch=main

$ mkdir testrepo
$ cd testrepo
$ git init
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/user/Desktop/testrepo/.git/

$ git status
On branch master
No commits yet
nothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)

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$ git config --listuser.email=*************user.name=********credential.helper=storecore.editor=nano​$ git config --global init.defaultBranch main$ git config --listuser.email=*************user.name=*************credential.helper=storecore.editor=nanoinit.defaultbranch=main​$ mkdir testrepo$ cd testrepo$ git initInitialized empty Git repository in /home/user/Desktop/testrepo/.git/​$ git statusOn branch masterNo commits yetnothing to commit (create/copy files and use "git add" to track)​

Answer

The option init.defaultBranch was introduced in Git version 2.28. You must be running an older version which does not honor this option.

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