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I renamed my master branch
slaveowner. To make it more clear.It is software, my friends. It’s not a tribe of people.
You could do that, but I could argue that master/slave nomenclature isnt a good scheme for this anyway, since it doesn't control any other branches. Unlike master and slave drives from the olden days.
By all means go ahead and keep your naming schemes. It's your own stuff that after all, that for some reason you felt the need to tell everyone about. However, I might recommend trying to move past it seeing as language has an impact on how people think, and being edgy doesn't exactly have a good track record of producing the best people.
I always assumed the name was more of a reference to audio Master Recordings.
It's the original tapes or whatever that all copies are derived from. It's also where the term "remastering" comes from, as in "we went in and rebuilt a new master from the individual tracks, and this is the new master now", versus just making another copy of the master for a re-release.
There are no slave branches like there are no slave recordings.
*whips my hard disk*
How about a "daddy" branch?
You're right, it isn't a master/slave drive. It...never was intended to mean that, though.
My “master” branch actually does control other branches, as releases are usually made from it, so they all depend on it.
Not gonna lie, the master branch thing has been perceived as problematic but I don't typically see an issue with it. It's similar to master bedroom or bath. ~~Kind of fucked up name origin, but~~ I don't think anyone's really making a fuss about it.
Whatever the fuck you're doing though feels like some gross, racist fantasy. It's really weird, dude. If you think that's funny you might need to go talk to some real people or touch grass.
Wtf are you talking about? It doesn't have a fucked up name origin at all. It was named "master" as in "master recording", like in music production. Proof: https://x.com/xpasky/status/1271477451756056577.
Master/slave concepts were never a thing in git. The whole renaming thing was really fucking stupid. Caused plenty of breakage of scripts and tools for absolutely no good reason whatsoever.
Alright. Doesn't change my main point. Which is the person's name for the master branch is fucking weird.
It is weird. So what? It’s just a branch name in a software control system. That’s the point they’re trying to make.
Where did the term master recording come from?
Master bedroom and master bath also have nothing to do with slavery.
They don't?
I'm doing it wrong.
Master's degrees though — racist as fuck.
Please grow up.