Got a ticket this sprint to change all our repo's default branch from master to main, I can already see a bunch of our jobs are going to fail & melt into a hot pile of s*** and I have to fix them
Master is too oppressive. Main is oppressive too, it diminishes work in other branches. Start conversation on this topic, bring in DEI, HR, 3 levels of management. Start recurring meeting, lead the committee to decide what to do and how to not oppress anyone. Should the branch be "center", "0", "release", "merge" or something else? Stall the rename while getting your promotion.
Center marginalizes people in the left and right. The term "merge" disrespects individuality. 0 might trigger poor people who have nothing. Its also part of binary system, and we dont want to marginalize non-binary people. Release is not meaningful.
I wonder if "bottom" would be acceptable. Otoh it could be offensive to asexuals. Can name it "X" but only if your name is "Elon".
ctrl + f master
The fact that this DEI horse💩 made it's way into something so unrelated as a versioning system blows my mind. Some people just want to exert control over others any way they can
While the change is somewhat arbitrary, it’s not a good sign that your ops are going to melt by something that trivial.
Definitely not trivial, try it sometime.
Ssshhh, mEtAmAtEs are busy dishing out engagement features. No one gives a shit about branch names.