[Rafert]

Apparently git copied the 'master' name from bitkeeper, where it was used in conjunction with 'slave' branches: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/...

[wayneftw]

That’s not true.

Follow this link to the Twitter thread where the guy (Pete Baudris) who picked the term as used in Git, explains his reasoning.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23533096

[jmisavage]

That makes sense, but master recordings also have the concept of slave reels [1]. He probably wasn't aware of it, heck I only found out about it a few days ago

[1] https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/slave-reel/