GitHub to revise ‘master’ and ‘slave’ terms
The software-development site GitHub has said it plans to replace coding terms that reference slavery. In current developer jargon, a system where a main or ‘master’ version of the code controls other copies is often described as a master-slave relationship. But GitHub chief executive Nat Friedman said the firm wants to replace these terms with neutral language. Google Chrome developer Una Kravets tweeted that she would be happy to rename the ‘master’ branch of a project ‘main’, adding: "If it prevents even a single Black person from feeling more isolated in the tech community, feels like a no-brainer to me.”
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