Jean Louis <[email protected]> writes:

> git branch named "master" is not connected to any "slave" that I know
> neither in computing terminology neither in real world.

This is a common claim, but it's incorrect: The term originated with
bitkeeper, which was what Torvalds used before he wrote git.

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/msg00066.html

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