[vtk-developers] github mirror

[Mark Olesen]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 10:14 -0600, Moreland, Kenneth wrote:
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but what is the point of having a
> mirror on the github or gitorious sites?  Since the move, I have still
> been pushing to my personal repositories on github.  I simply pull
> from Kitware’s repository and then push to a repository that I create
> on github.  What difference does it make if the original clone came
> from Kitware or github?

Not a stupid question at all.

When you add a new repository on github
( http://github.com/repositories/new ) they have a bold hint

"NOTE: If you intend to push a copy of a repository that is already
hosted on GitHub, please fork it instead."

The popup info contains the following:

"
By forking a project instead of cloning, creating a new GitHub repo, and
pushing to it, you allow us to create a link between your fork and the
original. This link helps us keep you informed of changes to the
original codebase and make it trivial for you to notify the originator
of changes that you have made and would like have reviewed.
"

Furthermore, you get this network, which might help people find other
interesting/related bits:
http://github.com/Kitware/VTK/network


/mark


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