Gitlab default branch name changes to main

Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main by woudsma on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:41AM (#26454850)

That saves two bytes.

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Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main by tux3 on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:44AM (#26454869)

It does, but somehow I get the idea that your comment doesn't really capture the crux of this debate :)

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Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main by joshxyz on Sunday March 14, 2021 @07:50PM (#26460805)

But now costs thousands of man hours on extra user friction, e.g. extra commands to rename it to main, mistakenly typing master instead of main, fuck that

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Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main by hYKdTfpa on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:49AM (#26454911)

This is the best argument for this change.

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