After few explorations, In my understanding, it is related to contribution. Fork means to make a copy of the repository (the one being forked) into my own github account. If I want to fork the off...

To clone a repository means to duplicate and download everything in the repository. You are on a Mac, so launch Terminal, create a folder and type this command:

Mar 23, 2016 · Fork is a clone on the GitHub side (it clones everything). When you are cloning a repo, you are getting the all history of said repo, with all its branches. Even though you can in theory …

Feb 29, 2016 · What does squashing commits in git mean? How do I squash commits in Github?

Another weird subtle difference on GitHub is that changes to forks are not counted in your activity log until your changes are pulled into the original repo. What's more, to change a fork into a proper …

Aug 14, 2020 · GitLab's "merge request" feature is equivalent to GitHub's "pull request" feature. Both are means of pulling changes from another branch or fork into your branch and merging the changes …

Jan 27, 2015 · The terms revert and amend have a well-defined meaning in Git. In contrast, rollback and undo do not have such a well-defined meaning, and are open to interpretation.

71 In a recent question I made, one of the answers pointed to another answer in another question where a way to explore the forks and clones of a public Github repo was shared. I went ahead and did that …

May 29, 2024 · In GitHub's changed-files view, there are several icons depending on the type of change: Although it's easy enough to intuit their meaning, it would be nice to have a definitive source for that …

Mar 8, 2013 · What are checkouts in git? I know once you do checkout to a particular branch, the HEAD points to that branch. But what does it really mean? Does it mean I can then work on that branch? If …