xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: GitHub forking has one big flaw
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xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Steve Losh's .vimrc
Can we now have a long discussion about profanity in dotfiles?
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Pretty-printing JSON and XML on Mac OSX
Hey!
Why not use https://github.com/nicksieger/jsonpretty for pretty printing JSON?
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Spaceport: Javascript to iOS/Android/HTML5/Flash Framework
... same here
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: German Chaos Computer Club analyzes and releases government malware
So much win. I am really thankful that the CCC has such a strong standing in Germany. I am looking forward to the news tomorrow :)
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Vimroom
Doesn't really work for me, but there is already an issue on GitHub for this.
However, I don't really see the added value if you are using MacVim in the first place.
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: NASA finds DNA components in meteorites, says they originated in space
I should not have watched Falling Skies before reading this...
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Digging around Github's git database API
I am currently working on my thesis in which I make extensive use of the github API. I am trying to do an empirical (hence the data from github) analysis of innovation in the open source community.
xerxes2001 | 14 years ago | on: Which NLP framework do you use?
I would like to know as well. At the moment I am doing most of my stuff with the tm library in R. NLTK in python also works nicely IMO.
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I think the argument can be made that this is exactly why git is cool. Which repository is considered the "master" repository becomes a "social decision" instead of a technical one (by means of the admin rights). However, GitHub emphasizes the role of the "original" repository by mentioning it everywhere (as pointed out by the author).
In my opinion, it is a fair point to argue that adding a description to forks would be useful. But to say that the GitHub model is fundamentally flawed takes is a step too far for me.
The article also mentions that it would be great to have more options regarding pull requests. This is indeed something that I would also find useful. Maybe there could be the "standard" pull request, but optionally the user could propose a fullow-up action on the pull request!?