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		eviks 38 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git 3.0 Defaults to "main" Branch Instead of "mast... They're related via that concept of "first" (though 0 might be more apt)

baggy_trough 38 days ago [–]

I think that's a bit of a reach. Also, it's confusing to say "1 branch" or "a branch" because those words are much more ambiguous.

eviks 37 days ago | [–]

But you wouldn't say "a branch", you'd say "branch A" Similarly it'd be "first branch" or "branch 1", so not that ambiguous.

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