GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology

Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by bokwoon on Monday June 15, 2020 @08:55AM (#23526780)

I also think 'main' branch makes more sense, but GitHub is breaking away from an entire collective body of tutorials out there that already reference the 'master' branch. All for the sake of PC and a knee jerk reaction to a recent event. What will people think of this change 5 years on?

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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by mcv on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:00AM (#23526827)

I think in 5 years everybody will be used to it. Tutorials will have changed by then and everybody will eventually forget that this was ever an issue.

I'm don't think it's a necessary change, but I also don't think it's a harmful change.

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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by wayneftw on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:20AM (#23527606)

GitHub is not Git.

If the Git cli tool still initializes a new repo to 'master', I'm not going to go out of my way to rename it before I push to GitHub.

I haven't seen any discussion around changing the Git cli tool.

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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by j-james on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:58PM (#23530638)

I have: https://public-inbox.org/git/4c08e1a0-db64-5d7d-493f-54c68ee...

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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by mcv on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:32AM (#23527723)

I don't think git bans you from using a master branch, does it? It's just that their default has changed. But any other branch name will still work.

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