Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch
by dzhiurgis on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:52AM
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IMO for something to be offensive it has to have intention to be offensive. Otherwise it's misunderstanding.
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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch
by johnisgood on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:53AM
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Of course, but they do not care about that. They made the association, and now they are being vocal about it. I am pretty sure most of us never made this association or attribution. I have never thought about slavery until they told me their own associations to it.
I am pretty sure master / slave pins were not intended to be offensive, nor attributed to slavery. Similarly with the git "master" branch.
Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch
by johnisgood on Monday November 24, 2025 @08:05AM
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And quite frankly, the problem is that we cater to such people instead of teaching them to be context-aware.