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I think this is a good thing. I'm not a fan of removing the master name, because master has more meanings than in the slavery context and its other meanings fit well the metaphor of master in IT. But they have not removed the master term. Only the slave term, which can go away. I will not miss it, it always felt weird to use this metaphor.

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I find the name “main” or “develop” to be much more clear branch names than “master”.

Why should we ban the word "slave"; aren't there more people living in slavery now, than ever before in history? Seems like if anything we should be raising awareness about that, not hiding it literally.

This is exactly the problem with "censorship". It merely hides reality. Why is transparency not better in most situations?

It's not about banning the word slave, we need this word, but the term slave in IT that is not necessary.

Then why are IT professionals so eager to hide that word from themselves, when there are more people living in slavery now than ever before?

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