Timeline for Why do people fork repositories on GitHub?
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| Nov 7, 2020 at 18:15 | comment | added | NoName | Why fork a repo when you can download a the .zip, create your own repo and put it in? | |
| Aug 4, 2017 at 1:25 | comment | added | Karl Bielefeldt | @Jesse, it's fine to do, but usually unnecessary in that case. A company might do it for code they depend on to make sure the original doesn't suddenly go away. If all you want to do is build from source, a clone is simpler. | |
| Aug 3, 2017 at 19:44 | comment | added | JayC | @Karl what if you fork a project but make no changes. Is that fine? or would that be illegal. | |
| Nov 26, 2016 at 6:30 | comment | added | cst1992 | We use GitLab at work, so I know well the difference between clone and fork. I am also of the opinion that you don't need to fork if you don't want to issue a pull(merge for GitLab) request. | |
| Jun 7, 2013 at 9:01 | comment | added | rmac | I remember when I first learned about git and Github, I did some forking just because guides and tutorials seemed to propose it as the way to get your own copy of the code on your computer. | |
| Jun 7, 2013 at 0:47 | comment | added | Ben Jackson | @gdw: Causing you to exclaim, "Oh, fork!" | |
| Jun 6, 2013 at 21:27 | comment | added | gdw2 | Along the lines of non-technical reasons: I've clicked on the 'fork' button several times hoping to see who's forked the repo, only to find that I've forked it. Ooops! Not sure if other's have done the same. | |
| Jun 6, 2013 at 16:31 | vote | accept | Aadit M Shah | ||
| Jun 6, 2013 at 16:01 | history | answered | Karl Bielefeldt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |