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Yeah, "Fork" as brandished by GitHub Inc is really a misnomer. We already have a verb meaning to duplicate a git repo into your own space: Clone !! So that but
by frou_dh 6y ago
Yeah, "Fork" as brandished by GitHub Inc is really a misnomer. We already have a verb meaning to duplicate a git repo into your own space: Clone !!
So that button action in GitHub's web UI is really "(Cloud) Clone".
- gruez 6y agoI can imagine it getting confusing for beginners: "so start off by cloning this repo... no not using github, using git"
- frou_dh 6y agoThat's true and I know from experience that when teaching people about git, the distinction between git/GitHub can be hard to grasp. Personally though, I found it very helpful to understand that a GitHub repo is just another node on a graph, and isn't really a more grandiose thing than a node/repo that's on one's own hard drive.