> "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.
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/1272817929046962176?s=19
They've also endorsed the change to “main” as more clear.