Gren is a fork. Their first commit is the head of Elm 0.19.1 right?

giraffe_lady · on May 23, 2023

The faq in the book says this about it:

> Gren started as a fork of Elm. This is mostly considered to be an implementation detail, a way to speed up initial development.

> It's not a goal of Gren to replace, or stay compatible in any way with, Elm.

A little vague but I read it as they're planning on diverging strongly and immediately with a clean break. Which doesn't make it not a fork I guess, but isn't what I normally think of when someone says a project is a fork of another.

1-more · on May 23, 2023

Yeah I guess "stay compatible with" and "cover the same use cases" are the connotations for a fork and it really doesn't hit those, fair enough.

cies · on May 23, 2023

Fork means "to the originating project's source code and develop it further in the context and governance of a new project" in my understanding.

So Gren is a fork.