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why type lot letter when few do trick
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I‘m anti-slavery but that’s just not the reason I use main as default branch
yup same. I hate slavery just like anyone else but fail to see how naming a branch master has to do anything with it. Next are they gonna claim that master's degree is pro slavery or something
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/us/racism-words-phrases-slavery-trnd/index.html
Tldr: They're a reminder of slavery, some people feel uncomfortable using / hearing them, it would not be hard for you to make their lifes a bit better by not using them but you can obviously do whatever you like.
RIght, because the best way to stop bad things from happening is to have everyone forget they happened...
If you can't even interpret that little text, you should go back to grade 1 school