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		weebull 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch That just highlights that the way people are interpreting the word `master` is wrong. You've named your most important branch "teacher".

semolino 47 days ago [–]

Isn't master ("ruler, teacher, etc.") upstream of master ("definitive version"), though, etomologically-speaking?

I do see what you're saying, though, and will admit to some cheekiness on my end.

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