Re: Rename offensive terminology (master)

From: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@suse.de>
Date: Jun 16, 2020, 07:43 UTC
Message-ID: <20200616074316.GA21462@kitsune.suse.cz>
In-Reply-To: <CANgJU+WoGNKuvZHAtLAfNAUfFdoLWHiDis_rSV-AfT9WspmHgA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 09:36:59AM +0200, demerphq wrote:

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> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 20:24, Sérgio Augusto Vianna
> <sergio.a.vianna@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, can you show me a single instance where "master" was confusing or
> > not descriptive enough?
> 
> A: "No you need to fetch master from the remote, then you need to
> merge it to your local master and then push it to the master master".
> B: "remote master, local master and master master. wtf kind of master is that?"

Which falls on the wording of the FAQ, not the terminology itself. If you were confused I am sure there are ways to bring this up and even submit changes.

Thanks

Michal

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