From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:38:08 GMT
Subject: Re: Fork or branch?
Message-ID: <m3sjtbwu01.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <1303390999618-6293910.post@n2.nabble.com>

adam_kb <a-kyle@hotmail.com> writes:

> I am new to git and understand most of it except for merge. My question is -
> if I have project X on branch master and its coded in python but I then want
> to take that same project and code it in say C or C++ would I fork or branch
> the project? 

If you do not plan to merge your changes / your rewrite into project
X, then it is a fork (like e.g. LibreOffice.org is a fork of
OpenOffice.org).

Branch is in-repository line of development, e.g. 'stable' and
'unstable', or 'maint', 'master' and 'next' branches.

HTH
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git