Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch

Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by binary132 on Monday November 24, 2025 @09:56PM (#46041888)

Blew my mind when I found out “world” is a direct derivative of the word “were”.

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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by AdhemarVandamme on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @08:49AM (#46057368)

“world” is derived from “were” + “eald” (old), and meant “the age of humans”, which was distinguished from the age of the Gods, when the Æsir and Vanir dominated, and the age of the Jötnar.

I find it interesting how the term shifted from a (mythical) temporal concept to a spatial concept, to now often a social concept (e.g. the Fourth World).

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