Get rid of several uses of the term 'master' in favor of equivalent verbiage

using "repository".  No code changes.

5 files changed, 25 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index c3d1435401e..0dc53bf32c4 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -3974,7 +3974,7 @@ true then the type of the file linked to by FILE is printed instead.
 ;;;***
 
 ;;;### (autoloads (dired-do-relsymlink dired-jump) "dired-x" "dired-x.el"
-;;;;;;  "bb37ec379c0a523368794491b691fd8d")
+;;;;;;  "2f8d3d5a31b969b181e23c40d6bb16a0")
 ;;; Generated autoloads from dired-x.el
 
 (autoload 'dired-jump "dired-x" "\
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-loaddefs.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-loaddefs.el
index bdae05e7774..83247b62135 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-loaddefs.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-loaddefs.el
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Not documented
 ;;;;;;  flet progv psetq do-all-symbols do-symbols dotimes dolist
 ;;;;;;  do* do loop return-from return block etypecase typecase ecase
 ;;;;;;  case load-time-value eval-when destructuring-bind function*
-;;;;;;  defmacro* defun* gentemp gensym) "cl-macs" "cl-macs.el" "273ba25f4a116c61a464dbe55f1f8c63")
+;;;;;;  defmacro* defun* gentemp gensym) "cl-macs" "cl-macs.el" "7fad7dd60f2f96ba90432f885015d61b")
 ;;; Generated autoloads from cl-macs.el
 
 (autoload 'gensym "cl-macs" "\
diff --git a/lisp/vc-arch.el b/lisp/vc-arch.el
index 80629ec0b4b..a723f98b8ae 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-arch.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-arch.el
@@ -254,8 +254,7 @@ Only the value `maybe' can be trusted :-(."
                (buffer-substring (point-min) (1- (point-max)))))))))
 
 (defun vc-arch-workfile-unchanged-p (file)
-  "Check if FILE is unchanged by diffing against the master version.
-Return non-nil if FILE is unchanged."
+  "Stub: arch workfiles are always considered to be in a changed state,"
   nil)
 
 (defun vc-arch-state (file)
diff --git a/lisp/vc-hooks.el b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
index eb8b4e015a7..ab9972a7e44 100644
--- a/lisp/vc-hooks.el
+++ b/lisp/vc-hooks.el
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ If the argument is a list, the files must all have the same back end."
 
 
 (defun vc-backend-subdirectory-name (file)
-  "Return where the master and lock FILEs for the current directory are kept."
+  "Return where the repository for the current directory is kept."
   (symbol-name (vc-backend file)))
 
 (defun vc-name (file)
@@ -467,13 +467,13 @@ For registered files, the value returned is one of:
   USER               The current version of the working file is locked by
                      some other USER (a string).
 
-  'needs-update       The file has not been edited by the user, but there is
+  'needs-update      The file has not been edited by the user, but there is
                      a more recent version on the current branch stored
-                     in the master file.
+                     in the repository.
 
   'needs-merge       The file has been edited by the user, and there is also
                      a more recent version on the current branch stored in
-                     the master file.  This state can only occur if locking
+                     the repository.  This state can only occur if locking
                      is not used for the file.
 
   'unlocked-changes  The working version of the file is not locked,
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ and does not employ any heuristic at all."
         unchanged))))
 
 (defun vc-default-workfile-unchanged-p (backend file)
-  "Check if FILE is unchanged by diffing against the master version.
+  "Check if FILE is unchanged by diffing against the repository version.
 Return non-nil if FILE is unchanged."
   (zerop (condition-case err
              ;; If the implementation supports it, let the output
diff --git a/lisp/vc.el b/lisp/vc.el
index 6833bae7c92..4bf5a92da1b 100644
--- a/lisp/vc.el
+++ b/lisp/vc.el
@@ -63,11 +63,18 @@
 ;; although you might prefer to use C-c C-a (i.e. `log-edit-insert-changelog')
 ;; from the commit buffer instead or to set `log-edit-setup-invert'.
 ;;
-;; The vc code maintains some internal state in order to reduce expensive
-;; version-control operations to a minimum.  Some names are only computed
-;; once.  If you perform version control operations with the backend while
-;; vc's back is turned, or move/rename master files while vc is running,
-;; vc may get seriously confused.  Don't do these things!
+;; When using SCCS, RCS, CVS: be careful not to do repo surgery, or
+;; operations like registrations and deletions and renames, outside VC
+;; while VC is running. The support for these systems was designed
+;; when disks were much slower, and the code maintains a lot of
+;; internal state in order to reduce expensive operations to a
+;; minimum. Thus, if you mess with the repo while VC's back is turned,
+;; VC may get seriously confused.
+;;
+;; When using Subversion or a later system, anything you do outside VC
+;; *through the VCS tools* should safely interlock with VC
+;; operations. Under these VC does little state caching, because local
+;; operations are assumed to be fast.  The dividing line is
 ;;
 ;; ADDING SUPPORT FOR OTHER BACKENDS
 ;;
@@ -196,7 +203,7 @@
 ;;
 ;;   Return non-nil if FILE is unchanged from the working revision.
 ;;   This function should do a brief comparison of FILE's contents
-;;   with those of the repository master of the working revision.  If
+;;   with those of the repository copy of the working revision.  If
 ;;   the backend does not have such a brief-comparison feature, the
 ;;   default implementation of this function can be used, which
 ;;   delegates to a full vc-BACKEND-diff.  (Note that vc-BACKEND-diff
@@ -784,7 +791,7 @@ is sensitive to blank lines."
 (defcustom vc-checkout-carefully (= (user-uid) 0)
   "Non-nil means be extra-careful in checkout.
 Verify that the file really is not locked
-and that its contents match what the master file says."
+and that its contents match what the repository version says."
   :type 'boolean
   :group 'vc)
 (make-obsolete-variable 'vc-checkout-carefully
@@ -1518,7 +1525,7 @@ returns t if the buffer had changes, nil otherwise."
                   (not (string= (vc-working-revision file) "0")))
               (push file filtered)
             ;; This file is added but not yet committed;
-            ;; there is no master file to diff against.
+            ;; there is no repository version to diff against.
             (if (or rev1 rev2)
                 (error "No revisions of %s exist" file)
               ;; We regard this as "changed".
@@ -2318,7 +2325,7 @@ backend to NEW-BACKEND, and unregister FILE from the current backend.
                 (if unmodified-file
                     (copy-file unmodified-file file
                                'ok-if-already-exists 'keep-date)
-                  (when (y-or-n-p "Get base revision from master? ")
+                  (when (y-or-n-p "Get base revision from repository? ")
                     (vc-revert-file file))))
               (vc-call-backend new-backend 'receive-file file rev))
           (when modified-file
@@ -2405,7 +2412,7 @@ backend to NEW-BACKEND, and unregister FILE from the current backend.
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun vc-rename-file (old new)
-  "Rename file OLD to NEW, and rename its master file likewise."
+  "Rename file OLD to NEW in both work area and repository."
   (interactive "fVC rename file: \nFRename to: ")
   ;; in CL I would have said (setq new (merge-pathnames new old))
   (let ((old-base (file-name-nondirectory old)))