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Git was meant to replace BitKeeper, which explicitly used master/slave terminology: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/msg00066.html ht

• throwaway123999 6y ago
  Wrong, it was indeed from "master recording": https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441 https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441 That tweet is from the original creator who made "master" the default branch in git.
• throwaway123999 6y ago
  The original creator who made "master" the default branch in git claims it was from "master recording", not "master/slave". https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441 https://twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441