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A12-B | 5 years ago

Master has multiple definitions, yours is not the same as the one git used.

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Longhanks|5 years ago

Exactly, and gits is not the same one as a slave master.

beojan|5 years ago

Turns out it is:

> This term came from Bitkeeper, a predecessor to Git. Bitkeeper referred to the source of truth as the "master repository" and other copies as "slave repositories".

p49k|5 years ago

Except that it is, as explained in the actual article.

henryaj|5 years ago

If we're referring to 'master' in the context of master/slave, then that's also not the same as the one git uses

detaro|5 years ago

According to the article it does.