AgreeableLandscape to Technology · 4 years agoGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12cross-posted to: opensource
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comAgreeableLandscape to Technology · 4 years agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource
minus-squareAgreeableLandscapeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-24 years agoAssuming this is intended to be a publicity stunt, my biggest problem with this is that they’re using a massive issue like racism as essentially a marketing tool. IMO this waters down the importance of the issue and is all around disrespectful.
minus-squareAgreeableLandscapeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·4 years agoThe GitHub team or the Microsoft exec who ordered this.
minus-squarenutomicAlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 years agoTrue, Github needs to stop working with ICE before they do anything else.
Assuming this is intended to be a publicity stunt, my biggest problem with this is that they’re using a massive issue like racism as essentially a marketing tool. IMO this waters down the importance of the issue and is all around disrespectful.
Who is “they”?
The GitHub team or the Microsoft exec who ordered this.
True, Github needs to stop working with ICE before they do anything else.