It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • Tyoda@lemm.ee
    131·
    29 days ago

    The default for git repositories is still master. Not to be the “real programmers only use CLI” guy, but I feel like git init isn’t too hipster.

    • Sinthesis@lemmy.world
      1·
      29 days ago

      …which you get a multiline message telling you to change your ways (Linus doesn’t break UX)…every time you init…weird.

      $ git init
hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint: 	git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint: 	git branch -m <name>
      • Tyoda@lemm.ee
        3·
        29 days ago

        Gonna be honest, I don’t think I ever read that. I think I usually just do git status immediately after to see if all’s well.

    • femtech@midwest.social
      13·
      29 days ago

      The default has been main for awhile.

      This is the case in our current version of git (git version 2.28. 0). As of October 1, 2020, any new repository you create on GitHub.com will use main as the default branch.

      March 2021 for gitlab