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Personally i do not care about the change in the default name of the main / master branch in git.

But i totally agree with you on the point that we should be able to differentiate such terms from their meaning in another context. I see how this can offend people but honestly the only thing we'll ever be able to do is change the labels on such things. We're assuming so many of those words to be a defacto standard in IT that they won't die anytime soon.

This just seems like a wholly childish comment. White and straight seem like good descriptions for teeth.

Why do you feel outraged by the conversation around improving technology to be more inclusive?

Because if you apply this equally you can’t use the word “pussy cat”.

We have to get real. These problems are real. So tackle them in a real way.

Renaming branches in version control is virtue signalling horseshit.

Wake up.

Why are you so offended?

Unfortunately, its not programmers making these decisions. It's non-technical, marketing, and HR departments that copy and paste the terms from the most recent treatise on wokeness.