Company
Date Published
Author
Scott Chacon
Word count
606
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The Fork Queue is a newly introduced feature designed to enhance repository collaboration by allowing users to manage commits from their project's fork network directly on the website. This tool provides a new 'Fork Queue' tab for projects, enabling users to view and manage commits made by others who have forked their projects. Users can selectively apply these commits to their branches, either by cherry-picking them onto an existing integration branch or creating a new one for testing. The feature streamlines project maintenance by offering an organized view of forked commits and simplifying the process of integrating changes without needing to handle patches via email or add remotes manually. Despite some initial limitations with speed in projects with extensive forks and a bug affecting the display of the master branch's commits, the Fork Queue is intended to make managing collaborative contributions more efficient and is open to user feedback for further improvements.