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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
Cc: Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>, emacs-tangents@gnu.org
Subject: Re: elpa.git and `new-master`
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 15:04:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v9d1n8y6.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <X9oQOMY+CFXdTEyr@protected.rcdrun.com> (Jean Louis's message of "Wed, 16 Dec 2020 16:48:40 +0300")

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> 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

Note that followups-are set to emacs-tangents.

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2020-12-16 14:04       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2020-12-16 14:40         ` elpa.git and `new-master` Jean Louis

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