Starting Oct. 1, all new source code repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” as part of company's effort to abandon non-inclusive terms
Small changes in how we label things make big changes in how we speak and ultimately how we treat each other better. THANK YOU @gitlab!! https://www.zdnet.com/...
GitHub to replace ‘master’ with ‘main’ starting next month | ZDNet https://www.zdnet.com/... “By the end of the year, we'll make it seamless for existing repositories to rename their default branch,” GitHub said.
Defaults matter and @github agrees, changing the default repo name from ‘master’ to ‘main’! #NeutralJargon https://github.com/... https://twitter.com/...
Hard to give much credit to @github for this when they could have just dropped ICE as a customer and really stood for something, like not putting kids in cages or forcing hysterectomies on women. It's a vanity fix for broken leadership. https://www.zdnet.com/...
GitHub is delivering on its CEO's promise and will replace ‘master’ with ‘main’ starting next month Starting October 1, all new GitHub repos will be named “main” instead of “master” https://www.zdnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...