From: zeevriend@xxxxxxxxx First I want to thank you for the time. I think the change is good and discussion about inclusive really necessary. Let me tell you I have Congolese ancestry. Today I develop in Brussels, Belgium - the irony you see, is not :-) Second let me tell you the new master name 'main' is not so good chosen. In french 'main' LITERALLY means 'hand'. The recent history in Congo will explain why this is bad. Not long ago slaves in Congo because of Belgian rulers. Very sad history, because hands were cut off! Many Africans today still have family from then. My grandparents can tell me horrible stories when I visit :-( I think you can see now why 'hand' or 'main' is very offensive to us. I can tell you, for French Africans this is MORE offensive than 'master'! Because this reason, we do not want to be reminded of hands while using git. Third I can suggest 2 more neutral alternatives. First one is 'default', which has almost same meaning in French. Second alternative is 'zero' or 'branch0'. I like this one more, because it has an exact same meaning in French! Also it is very neutral and programmers from all the world can agree on this, we all start counting at 0! ;-) Thanks for the time and considerations! And excuse for the level of English. I hope you have good days next, healthy and stay to fight for the good causes!
