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I mean when you look at the inclusion of slave being used in the same context it’s not so clear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)
There aren't "slave branches" though. Yeah, there are places where master/slave terminology exists in computing but git branches aren't one. Full disclosure, I prefer main personally just because it is less characters lol.
There were such a thing as slave branches, though; not in git itself, but git was modeled after (and inherited the term ‘master’ from) bitkeeper, which had ‘master’ and ‘slave’ repositories.
I’m not sure that’s super relevant or important, these days, but, it feels worth getting the history right. The term ‘master’ as used in git can be traced directly to a master/slave usage, not a ‘master copy’ usage.
Good point, I stand corrected then! That makes it trickier to talk about because it could just as easily mean the other usage of master now while still historically being master/slave.