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Every once in a while some random account forks one of my repos, and when I look at the account to see if they do anything interesting I see dozens of empty for
by steinuil 8y ago
Every once in a while some random account forks one of my repos, and when I look at the account to see if they do anything interesting I see dozens of empty forks, many of which seem to be created within a timespan of a few hours or so.
My guess is that some people use them as bookmarks... but isn't that what stars are for?
- rpeden 8y agoMaking a fork also lets you keep a copy of a repository if the original public GitHub repo is deleted or made private. So in that sense it's more useful than just starring a repo.
- ateesdalejr 8y agoAh, I never thought about it that way. Thanks for the explanation.