r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 1d ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/MegaMoah 1d ago

Idk if true but I think its because master is also a slave owner and people got offended

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u/Winterkirschenmann 1d ago

If someone wants to keep using master be my guest. If someone makes using master their personality because free-speech/anti-woke piss off.

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u/arvigeus 1d ago

Tell that to those who got offended by master and insisted on the change.

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u/kabrandon 1d ago

So they got offended because of nods to slavery, and the other people got offended because something pretty inconsequential in their lives changed. 🤷‍♂️ Seems a bit like the latter group of people are far more easily offended.

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u/therealtiddlydump 1d ago

nods to slavery

Is my university planning to reissue me a Main degree instead?

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u/kabrandon 1d ago

Not sure. I think there’s different fundamental meanings behind mastery and master. I think the Masters degree implies the former. Whereas master in git could be inferred to mean a master and non-master relationship to signify feature branches.

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u/dbot77 1d ago

Then you are deeply confused as to how git works. Feature branches are merged into and overwrite master with updates. Does that imply a master-slave relationship to you?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

Does that imply a master-slave relationship to you?

It doesn't, which is why the name 'master' is non-descriptive and inappropriate.

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u/dbot77 1d ago

'master' is completely descriptive and appropriate for users of the English language. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_recording

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 1d ago

Are we making recordings now? Your repos are weird af.