GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology

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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