>I really like how github fork can be implemented as new HEAD etc references to the same objects. New commits refer to the original project's objects. This can

>I really like how github fork can be implemented as new HEAD etc references to the same objects. New commits refer to the original project's objects. This can be done (more effectively, actually) without the user's explicit involvement in the fork process. You can dedupe blobs across the entire platform on git push. >Regarding the article, it seems to be saying you can't bazazr-fork a project on github I'm not saying you can't (I thought that was clear enough), but that GitHub is designed to encourage you to use a different approach.