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If you run an opensource project on github, it’s remarkable how many times your repository will be forked into weird github accounts - that on closer inspection
by josephg 3y ago
If you run an opensource project on github, it’s remarkable how many times your repository will be forked into weird github accounts - that on closer inspection are just big lists of forked projects with nary an original patch to be found.
I have no idea why people do this; but I suspect it might be to look good in interviews. No idea if it works - it’s pretty obvious if you look closer that they didn’t author any of the commits. But I wonder how many people are out there claiming credit for other people’s work to get hired.
- sokoloff 3y agoI do a fair amount of that in my own github account. If I have no commits in a forked repo, it was probably just a form of "bookmarking".
- StreetChief 3y agoYou can also fork to preserve a repo, although apparently GitHub can removed forked repos alongside the original during takedown action. (To avoid, do the fork manually).