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Not to mention the default main branch of a git repo is master

• artursapek 8y ago
  git push origin unoffensive-term-for-dominant-entity
  • martenb 8y ago
    Try "main"
• sytse 8y ago
  We won't change that until git does. Of course you can customize your default branch.
• tomjakubowski 8y ago
  Unlike the 'master'/'maintainer' role, the main branch does not directly correspond to a person.
  • sieabahlpark 8y ago
    A master/slave DB isn't a person either and look where that ended up.
• mappu 8y ago
  Hg sensibly calls the default branch `default`.
  • Qwertie 8y ago
    Git sensibly calls the master branch `master`.
  • BigJono 8y ago
    That's funny, because it's pretty common to set a 'dev' branch to default and reserve the master branch for production code.
• berti 8y ago
  Which no doubt comes from the term "master copy", which has a long established, and quite precise meaning. Choosing a different meaning arbitrarily(or actually, quite deliberately) is disingenuous at best.
• NicoJuicy 8y ago
  Where is the slave