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>Removing master is not just Reddit. It has already happened in all big corps in America. Lemmings and all. It was dumb then, it's dumb now. Lots of repos stil

>Removing master is not just Reddit. It has already happened in all big corps in America. Lemmings and all. It was dumb then, it's dumb now. Lots of repos still use master. >You don’t have to even look up denylist in the dictionary once. Sure you do, and it's not there. It's not clear what a denylist is, nor what a blocklist is. Words have meaning.

huytersd 3y ago
Why is it dumb?
- Always_Anon 3y ago
  Same reason why the attempt to change the name French fries to "freedom fries" was dumb.
  - huytersd 3y ago
    What are freedom fries? I’ve never heard of it so I assume no one picked it up. Pretty much every software company has changed master though.
    - Always_Anon 3y ago
      [flagged]
      - huytersd 3y ago
        Is freedom fries a logical name? I prefer when naming is logical and self contained. Not some inside knowledge bullshit that needs to be taught to each new person that learns the language. Yeah they have bud. Find one large tech corp that still uses master.
        Always_Anon 3y ago
        >Find one large tech corp that still uses master. https://github.com/airbnb/javascript https://github.com/airbnb/javascript https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/golang/go https://github.com/golang/go https://github.com/Netflix/zuul https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
        huytersd 3y ago
        I know for a fact the guidelines at Microsoft and Netflix are to stop using master. There isn’t a huge push to go back and retroactively change old codebases.
        Always_Anon 3y ago
        To quote: "Find one large tech corp that still uses master." I found several, you were wrong, take the L. QED.
      - dang 3y ago
        Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? I don't want to have to ban you again, but you've unfortunately been doing this repeatedly. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.

huytersd 3y ago

Why is it dumb?

Always_Anon 3y ago
Same reason why the attempt to change the name French fries to "freedom fries" was dumb.
- huytersd 3y ago
  What are freedom fries? I’ve never heard of it so I assume no one picked it up. Pretty much every software company has changed master though.
  - Always_Anon 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - huytersd 3y ago
      Is freedom fries a logical name? I prefer when naming is logical and self contained. Not some inside knowledge bullshit that needs to be taught to each new person that learns the language. Yeah they have bud. Find one large tech corp that still uses master.
      - Always_Anon 3y ago
        >Find one large tech corp that still uses master. https://github.com/airbnb/javascript https://github.com/airbnb/javascript https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/golang/go https://github.com/golang/go https://github.com/Netflix/zuul https://github.com/Netflix/zuul
        huytersd 3y ago
        I know for a fact the guidelines at Microsoft and Netflix are to stop using master. There isn’t a huge push to go back and retroactively change old codebases.
        Always_Anon 3y ago
        To quote: "Find one large tech corp that still uses master." I found several, you were wrong, take the L. QED.
    - dang 3y ago
      Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? I don't want to have to ban you again, but you've unfortunately been doing this repeatedly. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.