| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list |
| Date: | 2024-09-09 03:42:00 |
| Message-ID: | Zt5uiEQGwecWFACX@paquier.xyz |
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On Sun, Sep 08, 2024 at 11:35:36PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> I think HEAD is commonly misused to mean master instead of the latest
>> commit of the current branch. I see the buildfarm even does that.
>> Thanks for getting that right in your blog post.
>
> IIRC, HEAD *was* the technically correct term back when we were
> using CVS. Old habits die hard.
Even if it's a new habit from a new technology. I began getting
involved with upstream the year when the moved from CVS to git
happened, and just inherited this habit from everybody else ;)
--
Michael
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