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Master vs main (again) (lemmy.myserv.one)
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[-] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 2 months ago

It just bothers me that "master" branch is a misnomer. It's a hold over from CVS/SVN where there was actually a central authoritative branch. I'm not necessary saying the other reasons don't have merit, as well.

[-] LedgeDrop@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 months ago

trunk?

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Master's trunk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Yaaaaaaaaa!

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I always rename it to "dev." Hard to have any problems or confusion with that

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

dev is confusing it implies it's not the stable branch, no? Or was the master branch never stable for you?

[-] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The only time I merge unstable code is behind a feature flag

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

Then what's the reasoning behind "dev"?

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