Using the term master doesn't bother me - in my opinion the idea of the master/slave dynamic is much less problematic when you're talking in the context of bits and bytes flicking up and down on some silicon. Having said that, if it bothers people, change it. I do suspect to a certain extent though that people are more interested in changing it because they're worried it might be offensive to other people than actually finding it offensive themselves.<p>The follow up tweet from the original reqeustor is:<p>> 1. “Main” is shorter! Yay brevity!<p>> 2. It’s even easier to remember, tbh<p>> 3. If it makes any of my teammates feel an ounce more comfortable, let’s do it!<p>> 4. If it prevents even a single black person from feeling more isolated in the tech community, feels like a no brainer to me!<p>1 - Not sure that's an important reason, why not change it to just "M"?<p>2 - Not for people who are already using git and have lived their entire lives on master (or for those more considerate developers, have lived their entire lives PRing into master)<p>3 & 4 - This is what I'm talking about, is there <i>anyone</i> who is actually feeling isolated and uncomfortable, or are there just a load of white people who have focused on literally the most unimportant aspect of being a black person in the tech community?