• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world
    452·
    6 months ago

    There aren’t “slaves” in git, though. The term “master” in that context is that of a master copy.

      • Citizen@lemmy.ml
        111·
        6 months ago

        “Historically, the default name for this initial branch was master. This term came from Bitkeeper, a predecessor to Git. Bitkeeper referred to the source of truth as the “master repository” and other copies as “slave repositories”. This shows how common master/slave references have been in technology, and the difficulty in knowing how the term master should be interpreted.”

        Excerpt from the link the other member posted above! You’re welcome!

      • Miaou@jlai.lu
        7·
        6 months ago

        It’s funny, because a quick online search shows gitlab runs operations in Saudi Arabia. But at least a bunch of idiot westerners get to feel good about themselves 🤷‍♂️

    • xmunk
      524·
      6 months ago

      And a master copy is used to produce slaves - though slave isn’t widespread in version control it’s still quite present in databases. And it all comes from the same Master/Slave naming habit.