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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon jtleek

Why is this the most forked GitHub repo of all time?

Open dandv opened this issue 10 years ago • 37 comments

https://github.com/search?o=desc&q=stars%3a%3E1&s=forks&type=Repositories

I don't mean to diminish the value of the README, but 63 THOUSAND forks?

Was there some sort of spam influx as we can see these days?

dandv avatar Dec 14 '14 21:12 dandv

Forking this repo is part of a 'learn to git' assignment for a class on Coursera.

DreamSea avatar Dec 14 '14 23:12 DreamSea

Like the most forked R rdpeng/ProgrammingAssignment2 The power of the MOOC

pssguy avatar Dec 14 '14 23:12 pssguy

finally got the reason...

chuan92 avatar Aug 14 '15 07:08 chuan92

122,885 forks.

dandv avatar Aug 14 '15 09:08 dandv

164996

imerkle avatar Jan 07 '17 17:01 imerkle

172,814

JefMari avatar Jun 19 '17 03:06 JefMari

174,047

minatle avatar Jul 15 '17 20:07 minatle

Come on, folks, stop these useless comments about number of forks. Everyone can perfectly see the number of forks in the top right corner. So what's the point of posting it as a comment?!

denisrasulev avatar Jul 16 '17 05:07 denisrasulev

175,903

gayanW avatar Aug 24 '17 09:08 gayanW

182682!!!

shahyash1993 avatar Feb 13 '18 19:02 shahyash1993

188,502

josecebe avatar Aug 24 '18 06:08 josecebe

Common, folks, stop these useless comments about number of forks. Everyone can perfectly see the number of forks in the top right corner. So what's the point of posting it as a comment?!

Come on, not common

khanof89 avatar Sep 13 '18 08:09 khanof89

190,853

mavanmanen avatar Nov 21 '18 22:11 mavanmanen

Hey guys I'm on mobile, can someone give me an update? Thanks

callumfrance avatar Nov 22 '18 04:11 callumfrance

@callumfrance sure, it is now at 190,863.

gayanW avatar Nov 22 '18 05:11 gayanW

it is now at 190,870 forks

oae avatar Nov 22 '18 08:11 oae

LOL, featured here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/9z6m3t/found_this_on_github/

denisrasulev avatar Nov 22 '18 12:11 denisrasulev

190,911 forks ! :O

IamLupo avatar Nov 24 '18 11:11 IamLupo

191,096

ajrussellaudio avatar Dec 03 '18 00:12 ajrussellaudio

191,352

jagdishjadeja avatar Dec 13 '18 12:12 jagdishjadeja 

191,382

IamLupo avatar Dec 14 '18 17:12 IamLupo

192,779

ozcanyarimdunya avatar Feb 11 '19 05:02 ozcanyarimdunya

194,849

lamebread avatar May 24 '19 15:05 lamebread

195,966

orlyyani avatar Jul 15 '19 10:07 orlyyani

195973

akaashhazarika avatar Jul 15 '19 15:07 akaashhazarika

196141

cedricfung avatar Jul 24 '19 13:07 cedricfung

196,540

jakangah avatar Aug 13 '19 07:08 jakangah

227k

mahidul-islam avatar Oct 02 '20 02:10 mahidul-islam

232K WTF???

FormerlyChucks avatar Dec 15 '20 04:12 FormerlyChucks

232K WTF???

Right?

PS: since everyone keeps commenting with the current number, and that's not very interesting, as the creator of this issue, I hereby declare two new rules:

  1. You can only comment with the current number if it's in a new "font"/formatting/representation. For example:

𝟚𝟛𝟙𝟝𝟠𝟠

  1. You must include the exact number of forks, not just "232k". (Hint: use DevTools to obtain this)

If you break any of these rules, everyone is encouraged to downvote your comment!

dandv avatar Dec 15 '20 10:12 dandv