aloofPenguinOct 29

Why do some people fork repos but make no changes to them?

https://lemmy.world/post/38012397

Why do some people fork repos but make no changes to them? - Lemmy.World

I’ve seen some projects on GitHub (howdy [https://github.com/boltgolt/howdy] being one of them that came to mind) where there are forks, but when I check the forks out they are either unchanged, or are behind by a few commits. I was wondering why this would happen. It couldn’t be for archival purposes, could it?

Show threaddarklamerOct 29
What do you think that people should be doing instead? What is your own workflow when contributing to projects on GitHub?
Show threadaloofPenguinOct 29
I’d do a PR. Although I would understand forking if the project maintainers wouldn’t merge a PR. (or create an issue (for the fix/ addition) if the README says that it’s an option)
Show threadtyler
A PR requires push access… That’s why you create a fork… So you can create a PR from your fork.
Oct 29 at 6:09amWeb