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SVG and PNG renders of all countries' flags.
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Change `master` to `main` #106

Closed wyattoday closed 3 years ago

wyattoday commented 3 years ago

I'm thinking about changing the branch name "master" to "main". The word, "master" has a lot of racial baggage (especially the way it's used in computer science, i.e. usually paired with "slave"). It's an exclusionary term that has no particular redeeming features other than "that's the way it's always been done", which is a rather flaccid argument.

We're currently in the process of changing all of our internal git repositories from "master" to "main" and figured I might as well bring some of that effort to projects I have some influence in.

Once the change is made, anyone that has a local checkout just has to run the following commands to "switch over" to "main":

git branch -m master main
git fetch origin
git branch -u origin/main main
git remote set-head origin -a

Tell me your thoughts, @hampusborgos .

hampusborgos commented 3 years ago

Sure! Why not. :)

wyattoday commented 3 years ago

I just realized I don't have access to editing the "master" branch. 🤦🏻‍♂️

Sorry to throw this at your feet, but do you mind editing it on the settings page (Settings tab, Branches, click the "edit icon", change to "main", click "Save changes").

Sorry, I would've communicated this privately if I had known I couldn't edit it on my own.

hampusborgos commented 3 years ago

I renamed it now.

wyattoday commented 3 years ago

Perfect, thanks!