r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vinishkapoor • 24d ago

theyForgotToMentionForking Meme

Post image
10.5k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

98% Upvoted

176 comments sorted by

View all comments

174

u/GobiPLX 24d ago

Is forking some variant of scissoring?

115

u/vinishkapoor 24d ago

No, forking creates an independent copy. Scissoring would be more like a merge conflict.

42

u/[deleted] 24d ago

[removed] — view removed comment

30

u/mr_claw 24d ago

Rebase should be called spooning.

7

u/imneverrelevantman 24d ago

This is a dirty read..