Both the author and Eric Evans are extremely experienced programmers. Forking is to be understood conceptually, not as a terminology of any specific version co

Both the author and Eric Evans are extremely experienced programmers. Forking is to be understood conceptually, not as a terminology of any specific version control system. As in a git branch represents a fork in the time-line of the evolution of a code-base. It just happens to be that fork also means something more specific in case of the GitHub/GitLab online services.