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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
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that everyone — especially the project leader — can maintain a better
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mental picture of what is happening, leading to better situational
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awareness.
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By contrast, "…[https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/contributing-to-projects|forking is
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-at the core of social coding at GitHub]". As of January 2022,
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-[https://github.com/search?q=is:public|Github hosts 47 million distinct
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+at the core of social coding at GitHub]". As of June 2026,
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+[https://github.com/search?q=is:public|Github hosts 324 million distinct
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software projects], most of which were created by forking a
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previously-existing project. Since this is
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[https://evansdata.com/reports/viewRelease.php?reportID=9 | roughly
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twice the number of developers in the world], it beggars belief that
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most of these forks are still under active development. The vast bulk
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@
519 that everyone — especially the project leader — can maintain a better
520 mental picture of what is happening, leading to better situational
521 awareness.
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523 By contrast, "…[https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/contributing-to-projects|forking is
524 at the core of social coding at GitHub]". As of January 2022,
525 [https://github.com/search?q=is:public|Github hosts 47 million distinct
526 software projects], most of which were created by forking a
527 previously-existing project. Since this is
528 [https://evansdata.com/reports/viewRelease.php?reportID=9 | roughly
529 twice the number of developers in the world], it beggars belief that
530 most of these forks are still under active development. The vast bulk
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--- www/fossil-v-git.wiki
+++ www/fossil-v-git.wiki
@@ -519,12 +519,12 @@
519 that everyone — especially the project leader — can maintain a better
520 mental picture of what is happening, leading to better situational
521 awareness.
522
523 By contrast, "…[https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/contributing-to-projects|forking is
524 at the core of social coding at GitHub]". As of June 2026,
525 [https://github.com/search?q=is:public|Github hosts 324 million distinct
526 software projects], most of which were created by forking a
527 previously-existing project. Since this is
528 [https://evansdata.com/reports/viewRelease.php?reportID=9 | roughly
529 twice the number of developers in the world], it beggars belief that
530 most of these forks are still under active development. The vast bulk
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