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Re:GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid... by madmulita on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:52AM (#23518621)
Great, so "main" now means "master"?

So, what's the difference?

Re:GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid... by jb0x168 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:46PM (#23520152)
Maybe direct that question to someone who's dealt with the effects of systemic racism their whole life, you might find the answer enlightening.
Re:GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid... by orthecreedence on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:14PM (#23529927)
I'd direct the question instead to all the white people who have no idea what the black experience is yet seem to have no problem editing the language on PoC's behalf so they can feel like they're "doing something" while PoC's freedoms and lives are being eviscerated by our justice system.
Re:GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid... by ironmagma on Monday June 15, 2020 @03:01AM (#23524570)
The difference is that one piece of progress has been made toward building an ecosystem of tooling that doesn’t pointlessly alienate people. Some day, the effects of small changes like this will add up to serve us well with supporting a broad variety of team members with whom we can work and learn from.