GitHub Renames Master to Main

github: renames master to main meanwhile yandex: ads/libs/py_ml_common/ml-common/pt/dumps/F11_def/20140513/task.yml subtask_id: subtask000 task_id: F11_def test_sets: {} timeout: {nigger_start_notify_delay: 2.0, start_niggers: 30} type: EFHWClicked05 ads/targeting/python-objstore/t/test_objstore.py with open(os.path.join(logs.filename, 'master.txt'), 'wb') as f: f.write(os.master.log') os.mkdir(os.path.join(logs.filename, 'niggers')) for nigger_no in range(3): with open(os.path.join(logs.filename, 'niggers', 'nigger%d.txt' % nigger_no), 'wb') as f: f.write('nigger%d' % nigger_no) # Upload this candidate candidate_upload_all() antirobot/scripts/learn/sky_matrixnet.sh stop_niggers() { echo Stop echo Please wait until all niggers are terminated. sky run --hosts=$HOSTS_FILE "pkill -f ^$WORK_DIR/$PROGRAM_FILE" if [ -z $1 ]; then exit 1 fi } trap stop_niggers SIGINT

A screenshot-style post says that GitHub renamed “master” to “main,” then contrasts this with a Yandex codebase containing many instances of an offensive legacy term in filenames, variables, and shell commands. The joke is the exaggerated contrast between modern naming conventions and entrenched technical debt. It works as a reaction to codebases with outdated or inconsistent terminology.

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