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The master race condition (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Stumbled upon this when looking for help on Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/1cwag3q/are_race_conditions_racist/?chainedposts=t3_n8qi6n

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (2 children)

There aren't "slaves" in git, though. The term "master" in that context is that of a master copy.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Nope. Bitkeeper used it in the master-slave pairing and the term was carried forward. Gitlab did a whole writeup about it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

"Historically, the default name for this initial branch was master. 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". This shows how common master/slave references have been in technology, and the difficulty in knowing how the term master should be interpreted."

Excerpt from the link the other member posted above! You're welcome!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

It's funny, because a quick online search shows gitlab runs operations in Saudi Arabia. But at least a bunch of idiot westerners get to feel good about themselves 🤷‍♂️