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Still can't believe we all changed our branch names from master to main.

• craigmcnamara 2y ago
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• jadodev 2y ago
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  • JasserInicide 2y ago
    Still can't believe that people don't understand that words can have multiple meanings depending on their context and don't instantly start thinking about politics when they use them
  • anonfordays 2y ago
    There was no "slave" terminology in git, there are no concepts of "slave" branches, tags, nothing. It is "master" as in "master recording." Still can't believe people were upset over that.
• jacobjjacob 2y ago
  Decades ago, when I was a teenager, and saw that “master/slave” was a technical term, it made me uncomfortable- like, it has so much baggage for a technical term. I’m guessing that the master branch is not a master/slave reference, but “master copy”. But I think main is just as good, so I really don’t care that it got caught up in the movement. This is just language naturally evolving, which I know many people are fundamentally against on an ideological basis. To me, fighting the changes of language over time is like yelling at the wind. Just let it go and focus on what’s truly important (almost everything else). People will advocate for changes and they will stick or they won’t. If you are an effective communicator, you really shouldn’t have too much trouble keeping up.