Gollum@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 21 days agoAnother smart movefeddit.orgimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 days agoYes exactly. It’s a reference to the recording industry’s practice of calling the final version of an album the “master” which gets sent for duplication.
minus-squarevulpivia@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agoThat’s just not true. It originally came from Bitkeeper’s terminology, which had a master branch and slave branches.
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 days agoNot according to pasky, the git contributor who picked the names.
Yes exactly. It’s a reference to the recording industry’s practice of calling the final version of an album the “master” which gets sent for duplication.
That’s just not true. It originally came from Bitkeeper’s terminology, which had a master branch and slave branches.
Not according to pasky, the git contributor who picked the names.