axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoWhich git branch are you on?locklemmy.cafeimagemessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down118
arrow-up1378arrow-down1imageWhich git branch are you on?locklemmy.cafeaxEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down8·6 months agoWhy master? main is much clearer
minus-squareyarr@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·6 months agoWhy main? m is much clearer
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agowe should make the empty string the name for the default branch
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minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·6 months 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-squareDerpgon@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up25arrow-down6·edit-26 months 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…
Why master? main is much clearer
Why main? m is much clearer
we should make the empty string the name for the default branch
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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 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…