This screenshot is old (at least 12 years).
Part of me is bothered by those explanations, but if I had to explain GitHub to a tech illiterate grandparent with that much screen space I don’t know if I would do much better.
Repository: a collection of computer code for a software program (or app if you insist).
Fork: a copy of a repository so you can edit it without affecting the original.
Pull request: a request to the owner of a repo to bring in some changes you made in a fork.
I think I even got the word count down.
Repository: your code.
Fork: my code.
Pull request: u want my code?
reposotory
poll roquest
I’m convinced that’s ment to get people riled up.
Either that or they’re doing the same amount of research they normally do. It’s hard to tell.
But then why use
Term: explanation
and directly below that
“Term”-- explanation
