Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
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Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#2Given the motivation for this change -- will the same people be advocating that we must refer to main in HDDs that are in a RAID configuration? Seems a touch over-sensitive in my book.
'main' is a better choice because it's shorter -- it's also a keyword in many C based programming languages that programmers are inherently slow to write/override. They should have been the stated reasons.
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#3If I say "you are the master of your own destiny", is that offensive, because the word "master" is always offensive?
I think that "main branch" sounds fine, it makes as much sense as "master branch", but I'm irked that people are always caving to word policing. Like, we're just going to scratch a whole bunch of words from the dictionary because someone somewhere is offended? The other day, people at my workplace were saying that expressions like "blind spot" and "falling on deaf ears" needed to be purged. AFAIK, "blind spot" is not actually about blind people, it's a term related to driving and the angles seeing people can't see in without looking.
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
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Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#5“of or relating to a master from which copies are made:
master film; master matrix; master record; master tape.”
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#6If I say "you are the master of your own destiny", is that offensive, because the word "master" is always offensive? I think that "main branch" sounds fine, it makes as much sense as "master branch", but I'm irked that people are always caving to word policing. Like, we're just going to scratch a whole bunch of words from the dictionary because someone somewhere is offended? The other day, people at my workplace were…
Not sure I understand the idea of banning words being taken so far. I always interpreted Git’s usage of ‘master’ to mean the original replica. Like the golden master of a record or CD.
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#7If I say "you are the master of your own destiny", is that offensive, because the word "master" is always offensive? I think that "main branch" sounds fine, it makes as much sense as "master branch", but I'm irked that people are always caving to word policing. Like, we're just going to scratch a whole bunch of words from the dictionary because someone somewhere is offended? The other day, people at my workplace were…
In the grand scheme of slippery slopes this change isn't even at an angle.
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#8If I say "you are the master of your own destiny", is that offensive, because the word "master" is always offensive? I think that "main branch" sounds fine, it makes as much sense as "master branch", but I'm irked that people are always caving to word policing. Like, we're just going to scratch a whole bunch of words from the dictionary because someone somewhere is offended? The other day, people at my workplace were…
What you’re saying is really tone de— I mean insensitive
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#9Sigh... sad to see the tech community bullied into compliance over a non-issue by political correctness activists.
It's not really that big of a deal (and in some ways "main" is better anyway because it's 2 characters shorter), it's just the principle of the thing that bothers me. I would rather see projects and people stand their ground instead of caving to pressure anytime a twitter mob comes along.
Re: Update to Git changes the default of init.defaultBranch to main
#10If I say "you are the master of your own destiny", is that offensive, because the word "master" is always offensive? I think that "main branch" sounds fine, it makes as much sense as "master branch", but I'm irked that people are always caving to word policing. Like, we're just going to scratch a whole bunch of words from the dictionary because someone somewhere is offended? The other day, people at my workplace were…
It depends on the person. Likely some people could be offended and some people wouldn't. The more relevant question is, should we care about those people's feelings. We could apply this suggested rationale to any hypothetical or actual use of language. What people find offensive tends to be deeply personal. Look at comedians who tell a joke that 'cross a line' -- some people will say it's nothing, some people will say it was far too much. Interpretation and judgment of offensiveness is largely shaped by individual life experience.