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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by IshKebab on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:05PM (#42938674)
> Were employees ordered to implement PRs to go through all code and auto-remove all mentions of "master" and "whitelist" from public facing code (not just internal identifiers)

Uhm, yes. Yes they were.

Here's one example:

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/09/renaming-whi...

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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by insane_dreamer on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:35PM (#42940026)
We're talking about gov employees here
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by IshKebab on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:29AM (#42945133)
Ah so the morality of censorship depends on exactly who your employer is. Got it.
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by insane_dreamer on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @09:44AM (#42949145)
Nope; the OP's argument was that the previous administration did the same thing. Stay on track with the discussion.
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by IshKebab on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:44PM (#42957037)
I am on track. You've misread. They never said that the previous administration was responsible for the whole `master` thing.

> This seems just as ridiculous and frustrating as a few years ago, dropping whatever they're doing to remove "master" and "whitelisting" from the code. Different team, same silliness.

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