axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWhich git branch are you on?lemmy.cafeimagemessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down114
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minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down6·8 hours agoWhy master? main is much clearer
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agowe should make the empty string the name for the default branch
minus-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up21arrow-down5·edit-27 hours 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-up9arrow-down5·7 hours 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-up4arrow-down2·5 hours 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.
Why master? main is much clearer
Why main? m is much clearer
we should make the empty string the name for the default branch
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.