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I wish Github made it easier to capture the fact that forks often diverge and become their own distinct (but related) projects. Right now you have to email supp
by Smudge 14y ago
I wish Github made it easier to capture the fact that forks often diverge and become their own distinct (but related) projects. Right now you have to email support and ask them to detach the fork, which detaches everything from the previous graph of forks & commits.
(The graph is important -- Often when I find a useful but less-than-maintained project, I search the graph to find a fork that is better maintained.)
- bhaak 14y agoIn a first step you can have a descriptive branch name for your default branch and if you feel you need to go further you can rename your repository. Isn't this enough? For really popular forks you can often see that in the members tab many sub forks have forked off them. This is a good hint for a project that has left the original repository behind.