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> in Git every clone is a fork That's backwards. In Github every fork is just a git clone. Before GitHub commandeered the term "fork' was already in common use
by bregma 1y ago
> in Git every clone is a fork
That's backwards. In Github every fork is just a git clone. Before GitHub commandeered the term "fork' was already in common use and it had a completely different meaning.
- kragen 1y agoAs I remember it, it was already in common use with exactly the same denotation; they just removed the derogatory connotation.