On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 12:32 +0200, drago01 via desktop-devel-list wrote: > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/master > > Master / slave relation is just one of the possible meanings but not > in the context of master copy > > "an original version of something from which copies can be made:" .. > > this has no connection with slavery at all.
Reference needed. You don't know where it comes from, and you're not even trying to find where "master copy" takes its name from. > Words have meanings based on context - trying to make a connection > to slavery where is none nor any intent to do so is actually > disrespectful to whomever named the default branch "master". First appearance of "master" in git is in a CVS helper script[1]: https://github.com/git/git/commit/3e91311ae750af9bf2e3517b1e701288ac3066b9 Why is that branch called master? Probably because BitKeeper uses "master" for its main branch: http://www.bitkeeper.org/tips.html#_how_do_i_rebase_my_work_on_top_of_a_different_changeset But maybe this "master" isn't the same one that's in "master/slave"? See the documentation about master/slave repositories: https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm/bitkeeper/blob/master/doc/HOWTO.ask#L223 But repositories and branches aren't the same! They are in BitKeeper: https://users.bitkeeper.org/t/branching-with-bk/158/2 So, yes, the "git master" branch probably isn't even a "master copy" reference, but a straight up master/slave reference. Did I get anything wrong there? [1]: And this is the commit that made it the default branch: https://github.com/git/git/commit/cad88fdf8d1ebafb5d4d1b92eb243ff86bae740b#diff-8117edf99fe3ee201b23c8c157a64c95R41 _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list