axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhich git branch are you on?locklemmy.cafeimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down118
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minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down7·2 days agoWhy master? main is much clearer
minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down6·edit-22 days agoWhy not change “walkie talkie” to “radio phone”? It is so much cleaner. Because change for the sake of change always brings more work than what it saves. Why change something that works and everyone recognizes it? Of course, if this debate was there when the standard was created…
minus-squareLembot_0004@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down7·2 days agoBecause it is a historically settled down terminology that everyone understands and there is no adequate reason to change it.
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·2 days ago everyone understands no, new people learn git every day. ‘main’ is much clearer. It’s maybe not the same readability gain as ‘blocklist/allowlist’ over ‘blacklist/whitelist’, but it’s still there.
minus-squareyarr@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 days agoWhy main? m is much clearer
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agowe should make the empty string the name for the default branch
Why master? main is much clearer
Why not change “walkie talkie” to “radio phone”? It is so much cleaner.
Because change for the sake of change always brings more work than what it saves.
Why change something that works and everyone recognizes it? Of course, if this debate was there when the standard was created…
Because it is a historically settled down terminology that everyone understands and there is no adequate reason to change it.
no, new people learn git every day.
‘main’ is much clearer. It’s maybe not the same readability gain as ‘blocklist/allowlist’ over ‘blacklist/whitelist’, but it’s still there.
Why main? m is much clearer
we should make the empty string the name for the default branch