I personally don’t think the word “master” should be considered offensive - my wife has a master’s degree in deaf education - but I’ve switched to “main” because that seems to be the convention now and it really doesn’t have to be an issue.
There’s no “slave” convention in git so I’m not sure how it can be considered an issue (I get that drives being master and slave is a bit icky). But then, what is it a master of?
As others have said, “trunk” would have been a more sensible replacement.
It’s a master the same way that an original recording (the final version before mass reproduction) is called a master; mixing and processing the raw media clips into such a recording is called mastering. It’s a convention that has existed long before computers were a thing.
There’s an actual response to the issue at hand in that link; man didn’t just decide to drop a meme and peace out (though I probably would’ve assumed that was the case if it wasn’t for the edit)
It’s about master copy. You have a master copy, and you have the development copies that are a copy of the master which is where you make your changes.
If i had to guess, the problem is that people don’t know how to use git and develop in the master
Honest question. I cannot see if you are being serious here. If this is a real thing, is it because of US slavery history? No way you are saying your wife has a main degree in deaf education?
No, I said I don’t think the word “master” is inherently offensive - after all, my wife has a master’s degree. But to answer OP’s question, I’ve switched to “main” as my git branch because that seems to be the new convention.
I personally don’t think the word “master” should be considered offensive - my wife has a master’s degree in deaf education - but I’ve switched to “main” because that seems to be the convention now and it really doesn’t have to be an issue.
There’s no “slave” convention in git so I’m not sure how it can be considered an issue (I get that drives being master and slave is a bit icky). But then, what is it a master of?
As others have said, “trunk” would have been a more sensible replacement.
It’s a master the same way that an original recording (the final version before mass reproduction) is called a master; mixing and processing the raw media clips into such a recording is called mastering. It’s a convention that has existed long before computers were a thing.
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On my app, tapping the image makes it full screen. I had to figure out how to get to the raw Markdown of the post and go from there.
For those who come after: https://slrpnk.net/comment/16864626
There’s an actual response to the issue at hand in that link; man didn’t just decide to drop a meme and peace out (though I probably would’ve assumed that was the case if it wasn’t for the edit)
It’s about master copy. You have a master copy, and you have the development copies that are a copy of the master which is where you make your changes.
If i had to guess, the problem is that people don’t know how to use git and develop in the master
Honest question. I cannot see if you are being serious here. If this is a real thing, is it because of US slavery history? No way you are saying your wife has a main degree in deaf education?
No, I said I don’t think the word “master” is inherently offensive - after all, my wife has a master’s degree. But to answer OP’s question, I’ve switched to “main” as my git branch because that seems to be the new convention.
I find “master” offensive, so I make sure I main bate instead.