> On GitHub, a fork refers to a copy of a repository used by a contributor to stage changes they’d like to propose upstream I'm not sure this is accurate and i

> On GitHub, a fork refers to a copy of a repository used by a contributor to stage changes they’d like to propose upstream I'm not sure this is accurate and is the crux the argument. IMO a fork on GH refers to a "fresh" (in terms of the tooling around the repo, eg issues/PRs) copy of the repo on another account, which may be used as a branch to push to upstream but may also be the "traditional" fork, the difference is entirely in how the copy is used. If you've got a public "personal branch" with its own associated tooling it doesn't seem like a stretch to call that a fork, whether temporary and intended to be sent back upstream or not, and to me it's a difference without a distinction about why "personal branch" is a better term than "fork." Forking a repo (spinning off a dev section, including CI/CD/issue tracking/management -- a branch implies sharing that infrastructure IMO) isn't the same thing as forking a project (spinning off a competing project). To the cathedral and bazaar points, I don't see how GH affects the development style at all. The only thing that really makes the mailing-list driven Linux dev more decentralized is that it's done via email... yet someone still chooses what goes into releases, maintains & hosts that mailing list/website mirror and could limit access, or the "core" team could simply email each other and lock out any public view. GH can be configured to be just as open (if needing their "fork" model to keep anyone from being able to push over the original hosted copy) or just as closed, depending on how the project is run. The cathedral and bazaar is about project philosophy and management, not the underlying tech, to my reading. Given the disclaimer that the author is building a GH competitor my cynical thought is this is really marketing aimed at the programmer niche; I would have enjoyed it more as a contrast against centralization and the benefits of his (as I understand it) more free/open/decentralized competitor. All that said, I think sr.ht/sourcehut is a cool project and can easily see myself switching to it. How have the ads in 2600 been working?