GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet
GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery, its CEO said on Friday.
The code-hosting portal is just the latest in a long line of tech companies and open source projects that have expressed support for removing terms that may be offensive to developers in the black community.
I am changing all of my "master" branches to "main". I always felt weird about the nomenclature; I am glad there is now a wave a change moving through the programming industry.