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We use main now
Can we get a meme about calling it main, effectively master but not granting it the title of master? That's where I thought this one was going.
Same
Same here. Though it makes sense as we also cut a “release” branch that aid what goes to production and it’s behind protections against rogue PRs/commits so devs can’t just push there, the process must be followed. “Main” is for devs. “Release” is for prod. “Master” didn’t really jive with that layout so it’s gone.
similarly, I use
masterandstable, it helps that PRs default tomaster, making changes tostablemore intentional.I'm glad I'm not part of "we"
Why do you care
Because this whole discussion is fucking stupid. There was no good reason for a change.
It's shorter. Also "master" is especially egregious as as it requires the last 5 letters to be typed with the same hand, while "main" makes better use of bimanual parallelism.
I like the actual look of the word "main" more than I do the word "master". I think it's because it looks like a neat semi-circle
It also makes more sense.
You doth protest too much. Wonder why
The good reason was that it bothered some people. "Main" is two fewer letters, so it's even more convenient to type. So what's the problem?
This is the way.