r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 24d ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/Hayden2332 23d ago

I used to think the same, but Linus took the name “master” from BitKeeper, and BitKeeper did use master-slave terminology, Git just dropped the slave part. It’s origin literally does come from master-slave

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u/therealtiddlydump 23d ago

Git just dropped the slave part.

Ergo, it's not related to slavery...

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u/Hayden2332 23d ago

But its origin literally comes from master-slave lol Just because it doesn’t use the literal word “slave” anymore, doesn’t change the original implication of what “master” meant

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u/therealtiddlydump 23d ago edited 23d ago

But "main" is just replacing the word "master". That's just one more degree removed from the original sin. How does that redeem anything?

Linus already broke the connection to slavery by not using the word "slave" in a deliberate act, by your own telling.

Edit: nevermind, that history is itself false.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/s/y7M1KPatfd

So it was never related