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Padding resumes is a bit cynical there are many good reasons to make a fork for oneself. Like ensuring you have code you depend on in the event the project is d
by Skuzzzy 10y ago
Padding resumes is a bit cynical there are many good reasons to make a fork for oneself. Like ensuring you have code you depend on in the event the project is deleted
- mikeash 10y agoI've also seen people who don't understand how his stuff works, and fork projects before cloning them because they think that's the process. A relatively small number of clueless people could result in a lot of pointless forks.
- tedunangst 10y agoThe big button does say "fork me on github" after all.
- mikeash 10y agoIndeed, if you're not quite sure what to do, then that would be an obvious one to try. And it'll work in the end, so you won't necessarily change afterwards.
- ageofwant 10y agoHow are you supposed to do it otherwise ? Where else are you going to push your commits to ? Its silly to clone, fiddle with git config, make a new git repo on github/lab and then push to your new 'manual fork'. Just use the fork button.
- mikeash 10y ago99% of the time, when I clone an open source repository, I just want to use it, not make new commits to it. Obviously, if you want your own copy to commit to, then use the fork button. That's what it's for. But lots of people use the fork button even when their use case is read-only.
- ageofwant 10y agoI sometimes use the fork button just to get a copy I may or may not play with over the weekend.
- mikeash 10y agoHow does that help? Are you just using the presence of the fork in your account as a sort of bookmark?
- ageofwant 10y agoYes, a complete and fully featured bookmark that won't disappear. It costs me absolutely nothing, and is ready to go when and if I need it. Why wouldn't I do that if I could ?
- mikeash 10y agoIt makes perfect sense. This isn't what I've seen some people do, though.
- fapjacks 10y agoYeah, this is what I do, too. Also keep in mind, though, that you'll need to exfil your fork if you think it might disappear at all from Github. They yank the original repo and all of its forks for example if they get a DMCA notice. Years ago, I set up automation that pulls repos that I've forked, so for me, the act of forking ensures I get a copy of the code imported into my personal Gitlab instance on my home LAN.
- sanxiyn 10y agoI use stars for this, but I guess one could use forks as kind of "super stars".
- ageofwant 10y agoYes, I'll almost certainly star a project if I forked it. I certainly star way more than I fork, I assume most people would do the same.