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Todd Hensley

The "main" is often the principal pipe used to collect sewage, so this could be very appropriate for a lot of repos.

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David Alexis

And that's the exact connotation of "master" in git branches. It is the main branch from which, and into which all other branches flow. It has nothing to do with master/slave.

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