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This. To avoid the "master" branch on our git to be associated with "slave" I now name new branches "bitch"
Just skip the intermediate naming conventions and go straight to
dom
/sub
There aren't "slaves" in git, though. The term "master" in that context is that of a master copy.
Nope. Bitkeeper used it in the master-slave pairing and the term was carried forward. Gitlab did a whole writeup about it.
It's funny, because a quick online search shows gitlab runs operations in Saudi Arabia. But at least a bunch of idiot westerners get to feel good about themselves 🤷♂️
"Historically, the default name for this initial branch was master. This term came from Bitkeeper, a predecessor to Git. Bitkeeper referred to the source of truth as the "master repository" and other copies as "slave repositories". This shows how common master/slave references have been in technology, and the difficulty in knowing how the term master should be interpreted."
Excerpt from the link the other member posted above! You're welcome!
And a master copy is used to produce slaves - though slave isn't widespread in version control it's still quite present in databases. And it all comes from the same Master/Slave naming habit.
It doesn't. See: master tapes and the mastering process.
Sorry, the maining process.