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Politics aside I didn't understood the "master" naming. I was framed by SCSI and always wondered which slaves that master controls.
If I recall correctly back then my mentor even explained t as "don't think of it like this kind of master, more like the source of truth and everything als derives from that".
Can someone explain to me (in the nostupidquestions sense!) what the "master" naming was actually intended to convey and why people are so on love with it (if there's something beyond "it's jr original name", while I personally don't follow this train of thought I can fully understand it).
"Master" is used in lots of circumstances as the "authoritive version". You've heard of films and music being "remastered"? Well that's because the version all the production copies are copies of is the "master". "Remastering" is the process of remaking the master.
This is the usage in git. It has nothing to do with slaves.
Oh my ... Thanks! The remastered made a audible click in my brain! Now it makes sense and I'm ready to move on :D