GitHub to rename the default branch to main
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Mark5y ago
Glad they're eventually going to make it easy to rename in existing repositories; it would be annoying to do by hand, but also annoying to have different names in different repos.
I wonder if someone will make some git extension to make "master" an alias of "main".
Now that I think about it, I usually do "git init" and add a remote later. I guess this change only works if you clone the empty repo that Github creates. Is git itself going to change too?
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Michelle Janosi5y ago
Would have been a good idea to add that to the article for people not familiar with the reason. The reason is aimed at removing racially-charged language from software
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Dinys Monvoisin5y ago
Yep, spot on. I feel that it is weird for me that they are acknowledging this. Maybe people did not give much thought to do it and were not an issue.
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Michelle Janosi5y ago
Daniel Ziltener there is. Doing a little research on why will do wonders if you actually care about our black community
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Daniel Ziltener5y ago
Michelle Janosi So you are trying to tell me "master" is offensive to black people? Why? Probably the next thing you're going to tell me that the world revolves around the US, and that slavery is an exclusively black problem? I hope you also bring this discussion to the local BDSM community, I am sure they're thrilled to stop using "master". Also, while you're at it, tell the Germans to stop using "master" as a term for someone who... wait for it... mastered his field of work and got a certificate for that.
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Daniel Ziltener5y ago
Michelle Janosi of course, there's no reply to that... I hope this bullshit at least makes you feel good in some way.
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