# GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet

<https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/>

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## What Jamie wrote

Last week I shared an article about this and suggested that `git` should be modified to change this upstream by default. Now GitHub, which is by far the biggest player in the Git ecosystem, is taking direct action on it. I also like the call out to various software packages that have stopped using the term "master/slave". Good steps! 👏

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