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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

although in the context of version control, the term master simply refers to the gold master, a term borrowed from the recording industry which refers to the final mixed version of a recording, and does not have a corresponding slave.

Either way, I think “main branch” is easier to say, so it’s a win.