| ▲ | cchance 3 days ago |
| And that's why people need to clone these repos from big companies when their first released. |
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| ▲ | anonymousiam 3 days ago | parent [-] |
| Cloning the repo isn't enough, because Microsoft/Github still control the platform, and can delete all copies they have control over. |
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| ▲ | dceddia 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Cloning the repo (running git clone on your computer) is enough because it makes a local copy. Forking merely makes a copy under your account on GitHub though which is not going to survive if they go on a deleting spree. | | |
| ▲ | anonymousiam 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Yes, you are correct. I used the word "clone" when I should have used the word "fork" instead. |
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