steven36 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" starting October 1, 2020. Starting next month, all new source code repositories created on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" as part of the company's effort to remove unnecessary references to slavery and replace them with more inclusive terms. GitHub repositories are where users and companies store and synchronize their source code projects. By default, GitHub uses the term "master" for the primary version of a source code repository. Developers make copies of the "master" on their computers into which they add their own code, and then merge the changes back into the "master" repo. "On October 1, 2020, any new repositories you create will use main as the default branch, instead of master," the company said. Existing repositories that have "master" set as the default branch will be left as is. "For existing repositories, renaming the default branch today causes a set of challenges," GitHub explained in a support page published earlier this month, such as having to edit settings for pull requests and modifying security policies. "By the end of the year, we'll make it seamless for existing repositories to rename their default branch," GitHub said. "When you rename the branch, we'll retarget your open PRs and draft releases, move your branch protection policies, and more - all automatically." GitHub promised in June The company's move is part of a bigger trend in the tech community. After the brutal death of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, tech companies wanted to show their support for the black community by abandoning non-inclusive terms such as master, slave, blacklist, and whitelist. Companies and major open source projects like Microsoft, IBM, Twitter, Red Hat, MySQL, the Linux kernel, and OpenBSD have agreed to make changes to their technical jargon all through the 2020 summer. GitHub was one of the first companies to show support for such changes when its CEO revealed in June that they were already looking for a replacement for "master." The company's announcement earlier this month comes to deliver on its CEO's promise. Furthermore, the Git project, which is the base software on which GitHub was built, has also announced similar plans to at least provide repository owners with the option to customize their default repository branch going forward. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I absolutely detest discrimination, whether it's based on gender, colour, nationality, religion...in fact I'm only prejudiced against bigots. But we're now getting to the ridiculous "politically correct" extremes....what's next? e.g:- Your masters degree will become a main degree? A dog must obey its master will become a dog must obey its main? The evil villain won't have a master-plan just a main plan? You won't master a foreign language, you'll main it? Instead of focusing on words we should be concentrating on the root evil of racism and educate our kids, ourselves (and the police) that it has no place among us and will not be tolerated at any level in society. Eliminating the words "master" and "slave" is just a fob off to/by the politically correct nutjobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernStar Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Github..... are really making a statement!, hope they realize how STUPID they sound, another case of stupid Smart people Has to be the dumbest announcement ever!!! They better stop MASTERBATING it's obviously effecting them 😷 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coromonadalix Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 i love my black cofee and my white milk, i have a master degree lolll pfff all of this is getting way stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Weird to think people would associate the word master as a label used for anything with slavery, but here we are, can't upset the peons now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BimBamSmash Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 It is easier, cheaper, and especially more fruitful towards marketing purposes and public image of a company to pull stunts like these, than be an actual rebel crusader. I'd doubt there is any corporation out there that is even bothered to think about this subject out of the kindness of their hearts, or a firm belief in corporate social responsibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodel Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 This is why master & slave hard disks were made extinct, they simply couldn't get along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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