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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by em-bee on Monday November 24, 2025 @05:24AM (#46032422)
a masters degree is about mastery, not about being central/main/leading...
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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by john-h-k on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:33PM (#46037348)
Masters degree is from “magister”, meaning director/chief/boss/leader
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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by em-bee on Monday November 24, 2025 @02:39PM (#46038286)
wikipedia says: The original meaning of the master's degree was thus that someone who had been admitted to the rank (degree) of master (i.e. teacher)

and

from Latin: magister, "teacher"

teaching requires mastery, not leadership, although the concepts are related because mastery is also good for leadership.

my armchair etymology suggests that master and mastery were closely related until it started to be applied to leadership as well.

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Re:Git 3.0 will use main as the default branch by john-h-k on Wednesday November 26, 2025 @06:48PM (#46063663)
Magister means teacher and the things I mentioned. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/magister#Latin
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