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> Github uses the same single Git repository for all forks

Ah I see, thanks for the explanation. I didn't know this was the case. I thought each fork would have its own `.git` folder. Seems like this approach could allow forkers to mess with the original repo, but maybe Git is designed in a way that this is mostly safe.




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