On 18/07/2023 04:25, Sangyub Lee wrote:
I think that github decided to do that in 2020.
And the main reason to do this is that 'master' is agreed to be politically offensive terminology:

Rename offensive terminology (master) - Simon Pieters (kernel.org) <https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAOAHyQwyXC1Z3v7BZAC+Bq6JBaM7FvBenA-1fcqeDV==apd...@mail.gmail.com/#r>

I may be sticking my neck out here, but I have never seen a weaker justification for making a software change!

Perhaps the phrase "Mastering calculus" is likewise offensive.

Eliminating phrases that are offensive in that way will never end.

David

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