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If someone were forking my project to even fix a single tiny whitespace issue or typo, I'd be happy! They generally do nothing though. It seems like 90% or more
by rudolf0 11y ago
If someone were forking my project to even fix a single tiny whitespace issue or typo, I'd be happy! They generally do nothing though. It seems like 90% or more of forks result in absolutely no changes whatsoever.
I kind of wish a fork wouldn't even trigger notifications or be listed on any pages until at least one commit is made to it.
- githubsceptic 11y agoYes, I've noticed a lot of do-nothing forks too.
- rubiquity 11y agoMost GitHub forks are because people don't understand how git refs work. I used to work at a company that required us to fork every repo we depended on and lock our dependency to the fork rather than using a package manager and git refs.
- cballard 11y agoThis prevents you from getting _why'd, so it's pretty reasonable.
- mendelk 11y agoFor those that don't understand the reference: > On 19 August 2009, why's accounts on Twitter and GitHub and his personally maintained websites went offline. Shortly before he disappeared, why the lucky stiff tweeted, "programming is rather thankless. u see your works become replaced by superior ones in a year. unable to run at all in a few more." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_the_lucky_stiff
- johnmaguire2013 11y agoOn the other hand, you're now safe from users who don't understand how `git push -f` works.