[Cthulhu_]

> Never in my life have I associated git or its default branch name with American slavery

> I haven't discussed the issue with any black friends or family

I'll just highlight these quotes there for you to consider. It was never about you or your opinion on a matter that is not about you.

[_qswe]

Apparently my original reply to this was controversial. Let's try again. Please explain how it has nothing to do with me when I'm the one being asked to foot the bill.

Let's say it costs a total $500 - $1000 worth of resources to excise the term "master" from all the code and infrastructure under my control. You're asking me to spend that uncritically and unquestioningly. If that's what you want, send me $1000 and it'll be done by the end of the month.

As I said, I'm perfectly willing to donate to progressive causes I believe in (and do, frequently); I have no problem doing this if someone makes the minimal effort to prove that it would be a positive use of my money. I have a very big problem with donating to what amounts to Microsoft's marketing department. Convince me that this is more worthwhile than donating the same amount of cash to charity.

You're free to ignore my request and suggest (again) that I'm a racist, but that's not going to open my wallet; I'll just continue using master branches and also think you're a jerk.

[_qswe]

I'm a developer who maintains repositories with master branches. It is exactly about me.