Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 12:48 +0100, Richard Hughes via desktop-devel-
list wrote:
> On Wed, 1 May 2019 at 12:38, Michael Gratton <mike vee net> wrote:
> > They have also been successful in getting other projects to use
> > more
> > inclusive language. For example, MongoDB initially refused to stop
> > using the term "master", but then relented after Python did so.
>
> That's misrepresenting it *AGAIN*. Both stopped using master along
> with slave. The main developer branch is still called master in both
> projects.

This thread isn't just about git branches. Here's the original mail for
reference:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-April/msg00049.html

In particular:
"
The scope would be to replace occurrences of the terms appearing in the
user interface, web sites, documentation, APIs (except as deprecated
symbols), and git repositories - essentially wherever a person using or
developing software for GNOME may reasonably encounter them.
"