Is Git’s “master” branch name more than just a name?

Question

I am new to Git and I wonder if Git\'s \"master\" branch is anything more than a name?
I would not have thought so, until I saw people taking efforts to merge back not t

Answer 1

No, technically it's just a name.

It is however the customary name for the central branch to which features ready for release are merged and everybody works off, just like in subversion the main branch is customarily called trunk.