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Gitlab default branch name changes to main
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Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#32Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
Whether it's called "master" or "main" affects me very little.
Whether it's called "master" or "main" affects some people very much.
I'm enough of a team player that I'm willing to make the switch to make others more comfortable.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly, and gits is not the same one as a slave master.
Turns out it is: > This term came from Bitkeeper, a predecessor to Git. Bitkeeper referred to the source of truth as the "master repository" and other copies as "slave repositories".
In all of the previous discussions of this topic, I have never seen this simple fact pointed out. To me, this is a definitive argument for changing the name. If the facts had been different, I might have seen the matter differently, but if these are the facts then the name change makes sense.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#34I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people. If people want to be part of our community of developers I think it's great that these organizations listen to people who might have a problem with certain terminology. Even though I don't have a problem with those terms, I think it's still worth evaluating if they're worth keeping if it makes it harder for som…
The number of people that _genuinely_ have a problem with the word "master" (excluding all the weird (white) twitter people) is close to zero.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#35This change does no good, it serves only to allow people to virtue signal.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
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Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#37Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
You sound more hysterical than they do. How badly does this affect you and your life, really?
> You sound more hysterical than they do. How badly does this affect you and your life, really?
So much this.
Naming things is an arbitrary process, and adopting a default naming suggestion to accommodate someone's sensibilities is something that does not have any negative impact on anyone. At all.
To those who are whining about a default naming suggestion: grow up.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#38I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people. If people want to be part of our community of developers I think it's great that these organizations listen to people who might have a problem with certain terminology. Even though I don't have a problem with those terms, I think it's still worth evaluating if they're worth keeping if it makes it harder for som…
Anyone who believes that "master" is some kind of slur and takes the opportunity to take offense over it is not someone you want causing problems in your organization.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#39I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people. If people want to be part of our community of developers I think it's great that these organizations listen to people who might have a problem with certain terminology. Even though I don't have a problem with those terms, I think it's still worth evaluating if they're worth keeping if it makes it harder for som…
>I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people. How does this make anything more accessible for anyone?
It evokes slavery and makes some people feel unwelcome. Many other projects have made similar changes to their own repos (eg Go made the same switch) and there has been quite a lot written on the topic if you google around.
Re: Gitlab default branch name changes to main
#40Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
Whether it's called "master" or "main" affects me very little. Whether it's called "master" or "main" affects some people very much. I'm enough of a team player that I'm willing to make the switch to make others more comfortable.
No, it doesn't affect anyone. It's a perfectly legitimate use of the word.