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minus-squareSibshops@lemmy.myserv.oneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 days agoIt just bothers me that “master” branch is a misnomer. It’s a hold over from CVS/SVN where there was actually a central authoritative branch. I’m not necessary saying the other reasons don’t have merit, as well.
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI always rename it to “dev.” Hard to have any problems or confusion with that
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 hours agodev is confusing it implies it’s not the stable branch, no? Or was the master branch never stable for you?
minus-squareDreamButt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 hours agoThe only time I merge unstable code is behind a feature flag
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoThen what’s the reasoning behind “dev”?
It just bothers me that “master” branch is a misnomer. It’s a hold over from CVS/SVN where there was actually a central authoritative branch. I’m not necessary saying the other reasons don’t have merit, as well.
trunk?
Master’s trunk ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Yaaaaaaaaa!
I always rename it to “dev.” Hard to have any problems or confusion with that
dev is confusing it implies it’s not the stable branch, no? Or was the master branch never stable for you?
The only time I merge unstable code is behind a feature flag
Then what’s the reasoning behind “dev”?