Update detaching-a-fork.md

[jkopczyn]

Clarify what to do with an error message about refusing to delete branches.

Why:

Got a somewhat scary message when the repository was old enough to use master and the new copy used main. Add a warning about this for future reference.

What's being changed (if available, include any code snippets, screenshots, or gifs):

Deleting a fork instructions; add a warning.

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[Saminkamoje2810]

jkopczyn:patch-1

[nguyenalex836]

@jkopczyn Thanks so much for opening a PR! I'll get this triaged for review ✨

[jkopczyn]

I'm unclear on the linter's objection so I'll leave this for someone more familiar with the style guidelines to fix.

[nguyenalex836]

@jkopczyn Let me see if just updating the branch resolves 🤞 if not, one of our other team members can assist with the linter error upon reviewing this contribution 💛

[nguyenalex836]

@jkopczyn Thank you for your patience while the team reviewed!

After review, we believe the issue may be caused by initializing the new repository (creating a README) rather than an empty one.

If you can reach out to wonderful our support team to confirm this is correct and also a common problem, please let us know and we can work on making the "Create a repo" step clearer! ✨

For now, I'll close this issue - but feel free to reopen this whenever you have an update 💛 Thank you!