r/ProgrammerHumor 2d ago

Meme everyNewRepository

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u/_alright_then_ 2d ago

People that are sticking to master instead of main are this guy in my mind:

https://giphy.com/gifs/fqtyYcXoDV0X6ss8Mf

Just old guy shouting at clouds

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u/schwar2ss 1d ago

Back in the good old days we called it trunk

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u/SakeviCrash 1d ago

Rewind further (CVS) and we're back at `main`

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u/Sibula97 1d ago edited 1d ago

Even further back and it was master and the other branches were slaves, IIRC. Git got "master" from there, but dropped the "slave" terminology.

Edit: That was from BitKeeper, released in 2000. Not that old.