[llvm-dev] Inclusive language in LLVM: can we rename `master` branch?

[Hal Finkel via llvm-dev]

On 6/19/20 6:31 AM, Mikhail Maltsev via llvm-dev wrote:
> On 19/06/2020 10:50, Mehdi AMINI via llvm-dev wrote:
>
>> As we intend to be an inclusive community, I propose that we change the name of
>> our development branch and that we adopt instead a more neutral terminology for
>> the LLVM monorepo. Possible names are "dev", "trunk", "main", "default", ...
>>
> If possible could you please avoid using the name "trunk". At Arm we already use
> the trunk branch in our downstream repository, so we would have to rename
> "trunk" to something else and that would actually require more effort than
> renaming the master branch.


I like "dev" as an option here. It's short, and in addition, conveys the 
fact that the development happens in that branch. "main" in fine too, 
although it doesn't have has much semantic benefit.

  -Hal


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Hal Finkel
Lead, Compiler Technology and Programming Languages
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory