> "Main" doesn't have that connotation. It has had the connotation of "mainline", a synonym for "trunk", in version control since before Git existed: https://e

> "Main" doesn't have that connotation. It has had the connotation of "mainline", a synonym for "trunk", in version control since before Git existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branching_(version_control) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branching_(version_control) Presumably this was originally due to the connotation of the railroad mainline: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_line_(railway) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_line_(railway)