That is specifically why I suggest aliasing "master" to "main" or "trunk" and begin a depreciation period. In theory "master" could always be supported but dep

That is specifically why I suggest aliasing "master" to "main" or "trunk" and begin a depreciation period. In theory "master" could always be supported but depreciated and simply removed from the documentation aside from footnotes indicating that "master" was an depreciated alias for "trunk". I think the problem is exactly that: "No one thought about black slaves when calling the main branch master" As you say, it is just a word and to get upset about changing it seems rather childish to me.