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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by nicole_express on Friday November 21, 2025 @01:55PM (#46007609)
See I'd say the definition of censorship is saying a word is bad and preventing you from saying it, even if you disagree.

And git isn't preventing you from having a master branch. In fact, they're providing instructions for people who prefer that.

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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by foobarkey on Friday November 21, 2025 @02:01PM (#46007678)
Making you fee like less of a person for using the word is also censorship but in a more clever mean gaslighting way than a full order :)
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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by pyth0 on Friday November 21, 2025 @02:08PM (#46007750)
This seems like a you problem. I have quite a few repos made before using "main" was the default in GitHub or Git. I have not changed them, and I have never spent more than 5 seconds thinking about it, let alone worrying about being considered "less of a person" because of it.
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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by collingreen on Friday November 21, 2025 @02:56PM (#46008257)
Careful, you're almost arguing the points of "the other side" you seem to detest so much!
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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by oluwie on Friday November 21, 2025 @03:46PM (#46008791)
you keep using that word but i don’t think it means what you think it means
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Re:Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "master by ash_091 on Friday November 21, 2025 @07:54PM (#46010977)
In the spirit of genuine curiosity, who is making you feel like less of a person wrt the choice of main/master, and how are they doing that?

It sounds like you're saying that git maintainers are intending for you to feel like less of a person because you don't agree with their choice, but I don't understand how you arrived at that conclusion.

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