Jun 12, 2009 · In many programs and man pages of Linux, I have seen code using fork(). Why do we need to use fork() and what is its purpose?

A fork is just a request for GitHub to clone the project and registers it under your username; GitHub also keeps track of the relationship between the two repositories, so you can visualize …

Jul 8, 2016 · I forked a project, made changes, and created a pull request which was accepted. New commits were later added to the repository. How do I get those commits into my fork?

Nov 2, 2016 · Fork creates a duplicate process and a new process context. When it returns a 0 value it means that a child process is running, but when it returns another value that means a …

A fork is a copy of a project folder (repository) into your github account or onto your desktop if you use Github on your Desktop. This allows you to freely experiment with changes without …

Fork relationship means, that you can easily tell github that it should send a pull request (with your changes) from your fork to the original repository because github knows that your repository is …

In bash the ampersand (&) can be used to run a command in the background and return interactive control to the user before the command has finished running. Is there an equivalent …

Jun 12, 2009 · I want to fork on Windows. What is the most similar operation, and how do I use it?

Jul 25, 2016 · You can only fork a repo. However, you can get the end result of what you want by running single-line piped command after your clone your fork locally. It's not a single-step …

Oct 31, 2009 · 8 The main difference between fork() and exec() is that, The fork() system call creates a clone of the currently running program. The original program continues execution …