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Photo_normal @camcavers

Anyone? “@animexcom: So with all the forked repos, how do you determine which is the official one to clone? #github”

10:56PM Mon, May 28 2012

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Big_bw_normal @sprice

If a repo has been forked it will say so. Follow back to its canonical root. If orig is abandoned it gets complicated

12:07AM Tue, May 29 2012

Big_bw_normal @sprice

also helpful to look at a project network graph

12:08AM Tue, May 29 2012

6356c378-9d08-4bfd-b22e-e9ba6a8d75d5_normal @notmatt Vancouver, BC (...

look for 'forked from X'? Forks are usually pretty shallow; most people clone the official repo.

2:30AM Tue, May 29 2012

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