• lowleveldata@programming.dev
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    5 months ago

    This. To avoid the “master” branch on our git to be associated with “slave” I now name new branches “bitch”

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      5 months ago

      There aren’t “slaves” in git, though. The term “master” in that context is that of a master copy.

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          “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!

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          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 🤷‍♂️

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        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.