Deleting remote master branch, refused due to being the current branch

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Note: for Bitbucket, you would change the default branch by accessing the settings of your repository, and changing the branch at the “Main branch” combo box.

Main branch on Bitbucket

Once the main branch is no longer master, then you can push and remove master.

MarsAndBack confirms in the comments this applies to GitHub as well.

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