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why type lot letter when few do trick (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by TxzK@lemmy.zip to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] kaida@feddit.de 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I‘m anti-slavery but that’s just not the reason I use main as default branch

[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 58 points 10 months ago (7 children)

yup same. I hate slavery just like anyone else but fail to see how naming a branch master has to do anything with it. Next are they gonna claim that master's degree is pro slavery or something

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 39 points 10 months ago

Bachelor's degree means you're not married, so obviously an incel.

[–] jlow 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/us/racism-words-phrases-slavery-trnd/index.html

Tldr: They're a reminder of slavery, some people feel uncomfortable using / hearing them, it would not be hard for you to make their lifes a bit better by not using them but you can obviously do whatever you like.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

RIght, because the best way to stop bad things from happening is to have everyone forget they happened...

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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I put this one in the same camp as whichever well-meaning person came up with "happy holidays". Other religions and cultures don't mind Westerners celebrating Christmas, and over-corrections like this just give fuel to the "political correctness gone mad" (now re-branded as anti-woke) crowd.

[–] Umbrias 1 points 10 months ago

It's not really an over correction so much as just being more conscious of things. There are many westerners who don't celebrate Christmas but also have winter holidays. It's not an overcorrection, if anything the outrage was orchestrated to continue pushing Christmas as a default super holiday as a form of cultural encroachment on fall.

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

The term "master" is often used with the term "slave" in computing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master-slave_(technology)
So it wouldn't be odd to assume that git's use of the term "master" also refers to slavery.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

although in the context of version control, the term master simply refers to the gold master, a term borrowed from the recording industry which refers to the final mixed version of a recording, and does not have a corresponding slave.

Either way, I think “main branch” is easier to say, so it’s a win.

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