Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main

Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by gkoberger on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:34AM (#25138790)

I think, of all the things to come out of BLM, this is one of the easiest to chalk up to “woke culture”.

BUT I still support it 100%.

What if you had to deal with the worst thing that’s ever happened to your people every time you want to push code at work? No, I don’t think anyone’s out there getting upset every commit, any more than they do walking into Thomas Jefferson High School or seeing a confederate flag on a bumper sticker. Rather, it’s just a constant subtle reminder of how ingrained in society racial inequality is, and it must be exhausting.

I think an incredibly minor inconvenience (which can be changed back) is a very fair trade off.

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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by pseudalopex on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:55AM (#25139101)

People campaigned to replace master and slave in technology long before BLM.

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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by jobigoud on Thursday November 19, 2020 @04:15AM (#25147656)

This is not master and slave. There are no slave branches. This is just seeing slavery everywhere. It's offensive to drag an innocuous homomym term (master/apprentice, master record) into the slavery lexical field.

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Re:Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch t... by gkoberger on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:58AM (#25139151)

I know, however the change (in Git/GitHub, at least) was never made until now.

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