FactoryGirl has been renamed to FactoryBot(github.com)
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FactoryGirl has been renamed to FactoryBot
https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot
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https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/issues/921 - Here is the original issue. And yes, it's about sexism, even though the name was a reference to a factory pattern and a song.
https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/issues/921#issueco... - here is a comment I would like to highlight.
>There is real, honest, awful sexism in tech, but this is not it.
https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_bot/issues/921#issueco... - here is a comment I would like to highlight.
>There is real, honest, awful sexism in tech, but this is not it.
Laudable action. Among all the noise about "political correctness gone mad" it's encouraging when small actions like these are taken.
Libraries get renamed all the time. Whether the authors thought it was problematic or not, they decided to rename it so that there's no question. Who cares?