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Garret

Connotation of words matter master in this case has nothing to do with a person owning slaves. It has to do with the fact that the master branch is... the master. The branch that is the original copy that can be iterated on.

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Damien Cosset

Saying that the master branch is the main one, or the original one is actually a lot more explicit to describe the purpose of that branch.

Since you don't care about the harm and the message it can do, I guess properly naming the concept we are using might be better... It's easier to understand, and easier to teach.

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Garret

Properly naming is exactly why I will be using master.

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devimposter

You sound like a person who won't wear a mask during a pandemic... You are most likely lazy and don't care about anyone else. ;) Call it master if you want but don't act like you are standing up to technical oppression!! What's the big deal about calling it something else for new repos? I can see not renaming your whole code base...

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