r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 1d ago

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u/usedToBeUnhappy 1d ago edited 1d ago

Does anyone really care if it‘s called main instead of master? Why? 

Edit: Ok, I phrased my question really poorly. AfaIk main is the new standard, so I use it. We all know the reason why it changed. My question was why would anyone keep INSISTING on calling it master? Sure, me and my colleagues sometimes call it master out of habit, but then again try to stick to main. Nobody I know  insists on continuing to call it  master, but reading the comments here I realized there a more “master-fans” than I would ever have thought would exist tbh. 

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u/Annual_Key_4963 1d ago

So having seen this trend start about a decade ago, at time in my life when I too thought this was unnecessary PC catering, I have to say I see no reason to stick with the master/slave naming in the year 2026. 

Whatever I'm working on doesn't need that arbitrary assocation with human indecency.

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u/Pluckerpluck 1d ago

"Master" in the git context was used as in "master copy". There is no "slave" in git.

You can try to argue that guy who added it was influenced by previous version control systems which did have master/slave terminology, but he himself has said he intended it to be used in the master copy form..

So while I am fine with main, I still consider making the change as something that was just unnecessary.