diff --git a/content/notes/github-rename-master/index.md b/content/notes/github-rename-master/index.md index eba6b1b5..637d0399 100644 --- a/content/notes/github-rename-master/index.md +++ b/content/notes/github-rename-master/index.md @@ -89,3 +89,14 @@ git config --global alias.new '!git init && git symbolic-ref HEAD refs/heads/mai This may be a small gesture, but anything we can do to make even one more volunteer feel more welcome in the OSS community will _always_ be worth the extra 10 to 15 minutes of inconvenience on my end. ✊🏾 And while we're at it, Nat... **It's time to finally [#DropICE](https://github.com/drop-ice/dear-github-2.0).** 🧊 + +--- + +### Further reading: + +- [_Master/slave (technology)_ on Wikipedia]() +- [History of "master" in BitKeeper → Git](https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/msg00066.html) +- [More great research into context of "master/slave" in BitKeeper](https://twitter.com/jpaulreed/status/1272038656799211521) +- [Proposal to change "master" default on Git mailing list](https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAOAHyQwyXC1Z3v7BZAC+Bq6JBaM7FvBenA-1fcqeDV==apdWDg@mail.gmail.com/t/) (it did **not** go well...) +- [Django removes "master/slave" terminology (2014)](https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692) +- [Black Tech for Black Lives](https://www.blacktechforblacklives.com/)