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I'm not a big fan of analogies when they're not necessary. I'd go with something simpler like: * Repository: An online folder containing computer code * Forke
by phaemon 13y ago
I'm not a big fan of analogies when they're not necessary. I'd go with something simpler like:
* Repository: An online folder containing computer code
* Forked: When a repository is copied, so you can edit it
* Pull request: A request for the edits you've made to your copy, be "pulled" into the original
- simonlang 13y agoby far the best explanation I've read in this thread
- aestra 13y agoI don't know why one would define "forked" rather than "fork." * Fork: A copy of a repository. It is copied it can be edited independently.
- phaemon 13y agoI don't know why they would define any of them - it's nothing to do with the story at all, but I thought I should stick with the ones they chose. Well, actually, I can guess why: "repository" sounds a bit like "suppository", and "forked" and "pull request" sound vaguely sexual. It's the kind of thing that would appeal to some people as being a bit risqué. sigh