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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Where Does JavaScript Go?

Posted by Brigitt Arndt
Brigitt Arndt
9,498 Points

What does "fork a workspace" mean?

What does "fork a workspace" mean?

2 Answers

Lauren Comito
Lauren Comito
774 Points

Making a copy that you can do things to without changing the original file, like doing a save as in Word.

Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points
Caleb Kleveter
Caleb Kleveter
Treehouse Moderator 37,862 Points

Hey Lauren, I changed your comment to an answer, because that is what it is. You want to do that because when it is an answer you can get marked as 'Best Answer' and be upvoted.

Christopher Sea
Christopher Sea
3,726 Points

I've done this for years, but I never knew there was a specific term for it. Thanks.

Fabian Pijpers
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Fabian Pijpers
Courses Plus Student 41,372 Points
Fabian Pijpers
Fabian Pijpers
Courses Plus Student 41,372 Points

A fork means you take a copy of an original project, give the new project another name and change things.

  1. You probably want take your particular project into a different direction. 2.You change the source code.
  2. Change stuff like art work and the rather