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While convention is not about making sense (does Java class names make any sense?),
mastermakes more sense in this case becausemainimplies that there aresecondarythat's not related to it. Which really shouldn't happen in any sane repo.Tbf, 'master' can imply the same thing
Master implies hierarchy, all the other branches are derivatives of it. Main/secondary doesn't have that.
You can sort of compare it to the master recording in audio, or a master key that can open several locks.