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I think Github has softened the term "fork" a lot, with putting all personal branches into forks. To indicate a non-collaborative fork, I usually use the term
by hobofan 6y ago
I think Github has softened the term "fork" a lot, with putting all personal branches into forks.
To indicate a non-collaborative fork, I usually use the term "hard-fork", which I know from the blockchain world, where it has a similar "vote of no confidence"/"we are starting our own project with new leadership" meaning.
- smichel17 6y agoI would add that depending on context, the hard part can be implied, particularly of the name is changed. E.g. "LibreOffice is a fork of OpenOffice." It is very context dependent, whether I interpret "fork" to mean hard or soft.