Changing non-inclusive naming on Git for Windows

Posted by catacombs on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:32AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2674

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Re:Changing non-inclusive naming on Git for Windows by ThrowawayBandit on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:42AM (#23489427)

Calling the master branch 'master' "incites emotional distress"? (from the comments on github)

Speechless.

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Re:Changing non-inclusive naming on Git for Windows by ksaj on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:45AM (#23490041)

Agreed. One of the comments points out that the term master is also used in reference to painters. In that context, it isn't a master/slave metaphor, but one of being definitive.

Likewise a master copy doesn't beget a slave copy.

It is possible that people are becoming over-sensitive to specific words to the point they forget about meaning and intent.

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