Git & Version Control
Fork
What It Is
Making your own copy of someone else's repository on GitHub
Analogy
Photocopying someone's recipe so you can modify it without changing their original
Try It Out
Pull Request
From forkImprove documentation
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Related Terms in Git & Version Control
Git
Track Changes in Microsoft Word, but for your entire project, and you control when to save checkpoints
GitHub
Google Drive for code — your files exist locally, but GitHub is where you back them up and share them
Repository (Repo)
A folder with a detailed diary of every change ever made to it
Commit
A save point in a video game — you can always go back to it if things go wrong