GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'main'

Re:GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'm... by kylebyproxy on Sunday June 14, 2020 @04:26PM (#23521023)

I always assumed Git chose "master" as an analogy to audio mastering, thus a hint that the master branch should be the final result of "mixing" other branches. Maybe that's reading too much into it though.

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Re:GitHub wil change default branch name from 'master' to 'm... by adjkant on Sunday June 14, 2020 @05:11PM (#23521427)

In this case, those are siblings of the same root, so not reading too much into it at all.

That said, both origin and practical use have relevancy here.

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