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GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references

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    GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references

    GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet


    #2
    That's been posted already.
    "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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      #3
      gonna have to tell Klaus

      operation-barbarossa-v2

      isn't going to be the branch name next month.

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        #4
        Originally posted by minestrone View Post
        gonna have to tell Klaus

        operation-barbarossa-v2

        isn't going to be the branch name next month.
        He managed to sneak in Sealion in between your Walrus and Dave's Dolphin I take it?
        The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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          #5
          Maybe it would be a good idea to force everyone (apart from retired old farts obviously) into slavery for 6 months so society can have a deeper understanding of what it was like.

          PS Suggestion is nothing to do with having somebody to decorate my house for me.
          bloggoth

          If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
          John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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            #6
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            Maybe it would be a good idea to force everyone (apart from retired old farts obviously) into slavery for 6 months so society can have a deeper understanding of what it was like.

            PS Suggestion is nothing to do with having somebody to decorate my house for me.
            Don't you have one of those community skills/goods exchange things in your area then? Or any homeless who put up signs will work for cash?
            "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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              #7
              Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
              Maybe it would be a good idea to force everyone (apart from retired old farts obviously) into slavery for 6 months so society can have a deeper understanding of what it was like.

              PS Suggestion is nothing to do with having somebody to decorate my house for me.
              You mean working as a permie to make someone else richer?
              The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                #8
                Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
                That's been posted already.
                Yes it was!

                https://www.contractoruk.com/forums/...-post-git.html

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
                  Yes, but Minnie didn't get a chance to express his outrage on that one. He needs to make sure we all understand just how upset he is by it.
                  "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                    #10
                    Name checks out:

                    Git
                    1. A completely ignorant, childish person with no manners.
                    2. A person who feels justified in their callow behaviour.
                    3. A pubescent kid who thinks it's totally cool to act like a moron on the internet, only because no one can actually reach through the screen and punch their lights out.

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