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"master" in Git doesn't have a relationship to slavery and yet it's being changed in repositories around the world.
by skocznymroczny 6y ago
"master" in Git doesn't have a relationship to slavery and yet it's being changed in repositories around the world.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> "master" in Git doesn't have a relationship to slavery That’s...unclear, at best. Heck, the person who claims responsibility for the Git usage isn’t even sure, having both suggested a “master recording” sense and that derivation from use of “master/slave” in bitkeeper is a possible origin. https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441?s=19 https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441?s=19 https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272817929046962176?s=19 https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272817929046962176?s=19 They've also endorsed the change to “main” as more clear.