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Re: "master" term - no one cares

From
Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 13, 2022, 03:15 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:10 PM Ryan <rmrmail@gmx.com> wrote:
>
> I installed the windows version of git today and was annoyed with the “woke” message stating that the “master” branch term will be changed to a different name to be more “inclusive".
>
> Don’t waste your time, just get rid of this annoying woke question in your installer.  Very annoying!!  No one thinks git has anything to do with slavery.  On the plus side, git is great, I just started learning it.  Thanks!

This is not a Git issue, this is a Git for Windows[1] issue: they are the ones exposing that message to their users at installation time.

You can raise the issue in their issue tracker [2], but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[1] https://gitforwindows.org/ [2] https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues

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Felipe Contreras
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  3. Philip OakleyAug 13, 2022
  4. Felipe ContrerasAug 14, 2022
  5. demerphqAug 14, 2022
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