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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by D13Fd on Monday June 15, 2020 @10:08AM (#23527455)
That's where I assumed "master" came from. But it still doesn't fit, because a master copy is normally static. The master branch in Git is anything but static.
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Re:GitHub to Remove 'Master' Terminology by loco5niner on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:34AM (#23528452)
> because a master copy is normally static

That depends on the time scale you are considering.

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