GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'main'

Re:GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'm... by verroq on Sunday June 14, 2020 @09:59PM (#23523124)

You’re right, we should remove the words from the language such that not even “racist” concepts can be expressed. An act of daring of such thought itself should be a crime. In fact we should call this new language: newspeak.

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Re:GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'm... by cczizou on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:02AM (#23523944)

This story is about a business (Github) deciding to change language in their product that could carry racist connotations. It’s not about criminalizing racist language.

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Re:GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'm... by verroq on Monday June 15, 2020 @03:48PM (#23532113)

Except this usage doesn’t and has never had racist connotations. If one wilfully chooses to misinterpret the meaning of words then that is on them.

Much the same way RMS did not defend Epstein. Truth is often the first casualty.

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