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FactoryGirl has been renamed to FactoryBot

4 pointsby joshfngover 7 years ago

3 comments

smt88over 7 years ago
My reaction to this is basically &quot;nothing to see here&quot;.<p>Libraries get renamed all the time. Whether the authors thought it was problematic or not, they decided to rename it so that there&#x27;s no question. Who cares?
ainar-gover 7 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thoughtbot&#x2F;factory_bot&#x2F;issues&#x2F;921" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thoughtbot&#x2F;factory_bot&#x2F;issues&#x2F;921</a> - Here is the original issue. And yes, it&#x27;s about sexism, even though the name was a reference to a factory pattern and a song.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thoughtbot&#x2F;factory_bot&#x2F;issues&#x2F;921#issuecomment-243173849" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;thoughtbot&#x2F;factory_bot&#x2F;issues&#x2F;921#issueco...</a> - here is a comment I would like to highlight.<p>&gt;There is real, honest, awful sexism in tech, but this is not it.
albemuthover 7 years ago
Laudable action. Among all the noise about &quot;political correctness gone mad&quot; it&#x27;s encouraging when small actions like these are taken.