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.

[–] expr@programming.dev 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Alright. Doesn't change my main point. Which is the person's name for the master branch is fucking weird.

[–] locuester@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Where did the term master recording come from?

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Master bedroom and master bath also have nothing to do with slavery.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 days ago

They don't?

I'm doing it wrong.

[–] sping@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

Master's degrees though — racist as fuck.

[–] tux0r@feddit.org -3 points 3 days ago

Please grow up.