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GitHub: "Lets rename master to main because Inclusion & Equality" Also GitHub: "sorry you're from a wrong country"

by jitbit 6y ago

jpxw 6y ago
Github’s help text when opening a new repo irks me. It contains the following: git branch -m master main With absolutely no explanation of what they are doing, or why. I can imagine this being confusing to beginners, and it requires mental effort for me to ignore it each time.
- skrebbel 6y ago
  This cost me 20 minutes + lots of confusion when teaching a Git course to newbies some weeks ago. I switched to GitLab for the next group.
- apta_ 6y ago
  They seriously think "master" is a bad word? That's crazy.
  - jey 6y ago
    To be fair, our industry brought this on itself -- we did use "master" and "slave" together as technical terms in various contexts. Now even the innocent uses of "master" that don't involve any reference to slavery are tainted too, at least from the perspective of a non-technical outsider. I'm sure their eyes will glaze over well before one can finish explaining what a version control system is, why you would want one, why it has branches and what they are used for, and that all this involves no references to slavery.
- weka 6y ago
  Well, just think of how many tutorials (aka 99.9%) iterate git master branch. When new people start, they are going to wonder what master vs main branch is -- I guarantee it.
Voloskaya 6y ago
> Also GitHub: "sorry you're from a wrong country" GitHub has no choice into the matter short of moving all it's infra in another country. This is a political issue, pressure need to be put on political leaders to change that stupid law.
- mdoms 6y ago
  Not true. As per another commenter in this thread, https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/topic/1551 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/... 118. I have a client that is in Iran to visit a relative. Do I need to restrict the account? Answer No. As long as you are satisfied that the client is not ordinarily resident in Iran, then the account does not need to be restricted. See FAQ 37

GitHub: "Lets rename master to main because Inclusion & Equality" Also GitHub: "sorry you're from a wrong country"

by jitbit 6y ago

GitHub: "Lets rename master to main because Inclusion & Equality" Also GitHub: "sorry you're from a wrong country"

jpxw 6y ago

Github’s help text when opening a new repo irks me. It contains the following: git branch -m master main With absolutely no explanation of what they are doing, or why. I can imagine this being confusing to beginners, and it requires mental effort for me to ignore it each time.

skrebbel 6y ago
This cost me 20 minutes + lots of confusion when teaching a Git course to newbies some weeks ago. I switched to GitLab for the next group.
apta_ 6y ago
They seriously think "master" is a bad word? That's crazy.
- jey 6y ago
  To be fair, our industry brought this on itself -- we did use "master" and "slave" together as technical terms in various contexts. Now even the innocent uses of "master" that don't involve any reference to slavery are tainted too, at least from the perspective of a non-technical outsider. I'm sure their eyes will glaze over well before one can finish explaining what a version control system is, why you would want one, why it has branches and what they are used for, and that all this involves no references to slavery.
weka 6y ago
Well, just think of how many tutorials (aka 99.9%) iterate git master branch. When new people start, they are going to wonder what master vs main branch is -- I guarantee it.

Voloskaya 6y ago

> Also GitHub: "sorry you're from a wrong country" GitHub has no choice into the matter short of moving all it's infra in another country. This is a political issue, pressure need to be put on political leaders to change that stupid law.

mdoms 6y ago
Not true. As per another commenter in this thread, https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/topic/1551 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/... 118. I have a client that is in Iran to visit a relative. Do I need to restrict the account? Answer No. As long as you are satisfied that the client is not ordinarily resident in Iran, then the account does not need to be restricted. See FAQ 37