Re: Rename offensive terminology (master)

From: demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 18, 2020, 10:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CANgJU+WFEC_Z9mUF5NLq5FD_YL1Y9+Z5hGXi0M30p1nehBL94A@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200618083825.GB20837@legohost>

On Thu, 18 Jun 2020 at 11:57, Oleg <lego_12239@rambler.ru> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:42AM +0200, demerphq wrote:
> > Ultimately if I was the decision maker here I would be choosing terms
> > that are as workflow agnostic as I can find. "main", "master" and
> > "primary" are not workflow agnostic, they are if anything a bit
> > workflow opinionated. "trunk" on the other hand seems pretty
> > self-descriptive and doesn't have much baggage. It's bark is worse
> > than its byte however. :-)
>
> The most workflow agnostic name is "branch". it is so neutral that you want to
> change it ASAP :-).

I suppose I should have said "least confusing/ambiguous while most workflow agnostic". :-)

Yves

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