this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2024
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[–] Tja@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Counterpoint: it is a chain and there absolutely is not one server.

[–] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org -2 points 4 months ago (7 children)

For each project there is one authoritative instance, one "server" that everyone pushes to. Otherwise you get chaos.

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And nobody ever forked a project, and lived happily ever after, then end.

[–] _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If you want to work with the original project, you have to push to the server that controls the original project.

[–] Thann@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

No you don't, you can just fork it, add a commit, and walk away, and everyone can decide which one they want to clone

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