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Yes, actually there was. One of the things that she was upset about was what she perceived to be a sexual joke about the word "fork" sounding like "fuck".

What she didn't understand (since she's not a developer, and probably isn't exposed to these things) is that "fork" is a reference to "git fork".

And if you were to read the follow ups from the guys who were shamed over their oh-so-offensive discussion of dongles and code management, you would see that "fork" was an in joke between them. "Fork" in this context meaning a form of flattery.

For instance "Danilo is a good developer; I'd for his repo".

There is NOTHING sexual about this, but you might not know that if you're not a person who uses git.

Which is exactly what happened.



> There is NOTHING sexual about this, but you might not know that if you're not a person who uses git.

I think I'm beginning to understand more about the underlying assumptions that form your worldview.

https://github.com/adriarichards




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