Git As Fandom Universe

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Git As Fandom Universe

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Someone just turned Git into a fandom universe! 😂 This dev brilliantly reimagines version control as fan fiction terminology:

repos = "fandoms" - your project's entire universe
branches = "AUs" - alternate universes where your code takes different paths
commits = "episodes" - each development milestone in your coding saga
main = "canon" - the official, accepted storyline of your codebase
rebase = "retcon" - retroactively changing history (and causing team drama)
merge = "crossover" - when two storylines dramatically come together

Next PR meeting: "So we need to crossover this AU with canon after we finish these episodes, but careful not to retcon what the other fandom is doing!"

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