Let's talk about the specific operation and working principle of Fork in Gitee

Gitee is a popular domestic code hosting platform. Due to its stability and excellent social features, more and more developers choose to host their own code on Gitee. Among them, Fork is one of the important and practical functions on Gitee. This article will introduce the specific operation and working principle of Fork in Gitee, hoping to help everyone make better use of this function.

1. The role of Fork

Fork refers to copying other people’s code to your own account on Gitee for better management and modification. On Gitee, we can Fork all the code of a project, turn it into its own independent code repository, and then develop, modify, submit and other operations in its own code repository. At the same time, Fork also has the function of submitting a Pull Request (code merge request) to the original author, that is, you can submit your modified code to the original author's code repository to help the original author improve the project.

2. Fork operation steps

1. Open the Gitee official website and log in to your account.

2. Find the project you want to Fork, as shown in the picture, click the Fork button in the upper right corner.

3. The pop-up page is as follows, select which account you want to Fork to, and then click the Fork button.

4. Wait for a while to complete the Fork.

3. How Fork works

In Gitee, each Fork has a unique code repository to record. This code repository is completely independent of the original code repository. The author's code repository has its own functions such as Branch, Commit, and Pull Request. After we make modifications in our own code repository, we can submit a code merge request to the original author through Pull Request.

When Fork, Gitee actually automatically copies the original author's code repository to our own account on the server side, and establishes this Fork relationship, that is, our own code repository is still the original author's code repository. A branch is only independent of the original author's code repository and has certain modification and management rights.

It should be noted that although we have copied the original author's code repository, we cannot directly merge our modifications into the original author's code repository. Only after review by the original author can we Really merge our code into the original author's code repository.

4. Conclusion

Fork is a very useful function that allows us to better manage and modify other people's code. It can also help the original author improve the project and achieve common progress. In practical applications, we should make full use of the Fork function, while also paying attention to protecting the intellectual property rights and privacy of the original author, complying with the provisions of the open source agreement, and achieving orderly and harmonious collaboration.

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