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I do not want to believe Github allows to make a privately-forked repository public. Other than that, I agree that the link is better removed, but what I don't
by gkya 9y ago
I do not want to believe Github allows to make a privately-forked repository public. Other than that, I agree that the link is better removed, but what I don't understand is how that helps with keeping the code itself private, which is what I thought was meant at the root of the thread.
- moondev 9y agoOp is not claiming it keeps it private. It's just used as a tool to signal and track approved, active collaborators to the official upstream. That's beneficial to control.
- abiox 9y ago> I don't understand is how that helps with keeping the code itself private, which is what I thought was meant at the root of the thread. out of curiosity, what made you think that?
- gkya 9y agoI think you're asking about the part after the comma, so here is the part from the comment that started this thread that makes me think so: > Why? Because it's cleaner. It means there are no abandoned copies of my codebase sitting around forever forgotten in random Github accounts. I set up a private repo because I want to control access to my code. That's why a private repo is private. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16600864 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16600864