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		armitron 49 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch This argument isn't just absurd but push it to its logical extreme, and you're inviting brutal thought policing and full-blown totalitarianism. I stick with "master" in my Git repos partly because it's an excellent filter: it lets me steer well away from anyone who pitches a fit over the word.

Voultapher 49 days ago [–]

Ah yes, the if we change something that would mean we would have to change everything and that would be absurd, so we can't change anything ever argument. Classic.

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