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Master vs main (again) (lemmy.myserv.one)

submitted 1 year ago by Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

dev is confusing it implies it's not the stable branch, no? Or was the master branch never stable for you?

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[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

The only time I merge unstable code is behind a feature flag

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Then what's the reasoning behind "dev"?

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