[rewmie]

> The «master» to «main» change was totally unnecessary and B.S. imho.

If I recall correctly, the point of reflecting upon the usage of specific terms was not that every single person thought it was B.S. but that a minority might feel negatively impacted by them, and it took no trouble at all to accommodate them by switching to less charged terms.

Basically it's the same argument behind not swearing at the workspace.

Were you negatively impacted by replacing references to "master/slave" or "blacklist" with terms like "primary/secondary" or "allowlist"? I hear a lot of people whining about these but I'm yet to hear any coherent argument against it.

It's also telling that this dead horse is being flogged in a discussion on the US Federal Government looking into recurring accusations of racial bigotry.

[thunky]

But that's not even what "master" means in git. There is no "slave" branch.

[rewmie]

> But that's not even what "master" means in git. There is no "slave" branch.

I think you're trying to cherry-picking debatable examples as strawmen. The central argument was not that some inclusive terms may or may not extend to all applications. The central argument being made in this thread by anti-inclusiveness proponents is that each and every single proposal to use terms that are not racist or bigoted should be rejected, regardless of their suitability.

In addition, I don't see anyone even try to argue that "master" branch is suited of even makes sense, while alternative terms such as "mainline", "development", "production", or even "release" are extensively used.

[thunky]

I'm not cherry picking, your comment is a direct reply to:

> The «master» to «main» change was totally unnecessary and B.S. imho.

[rewmie]

> I'm not cherry picking (...)

Sorry, but it's obvious that you are. This discussion is not about Git but about Tesla's history of harassment, racism, and overall bigotry, and the thread you're commenting on is clearly about the usage of inclusive language instead of legacy non-inclusive terms. I feel you're playing dumb and disingenuous to pretend it's suddenly about Git, which is really not cool or contributing positively to the discussion.

[TheHappyOddish]

> Sorry, but it's obvious that you are. This discussion is not about Git but about Tesla...

HN reguarly deviates off into tangentially related comment threads. _This_ discussion is about git master/main, although the parent one isn't.

> legacy non-inclusive terms

Love a good game of "spot the American". Thankfully, you're not authoritive on the english language and don't get to pick what is "legacy".