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#2,758of 3,028 in 2020

Top 92%of 2020 by points

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RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

0 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.

Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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Renaming words does not solve the underlying problems
From 1 comment
- rename things doesn’t solve the problems, there are no bad words just bad intentions
  aayala on HN
Repository itself still used a master branch
From 1 comment
- Ironically, this repository has `master` branch, not `main`.
  timeattack on HN

What must others with master checked out do after the rename?
From 1 comment
- What needs to be done for other people who've checked out the repo on the master branch?
  tlb on HN
Why rename the master branch at all?
From 1 comment
- I have noticed a lot of people talking about this change. Can anybody explain why we would want to rename the master branch? The only articles I see online are people claiming…
  g105b on HN