What exactly does "follow" mean in the GitHub context?

[reppep]

I haven't used GitHub recently, but I'm confused by "Login to GitHub and follow the official Rocky Linux documentation repository." on https://github.com/rocky-linux/documentation. I don't see a 'follow' action in GitHub's UI. Do you mean 'Watch', 'Star', or something else?

[sspencerwire]

@reppep Essentially, that just means to "follow that site"... you could do this with your web browser favorites tab, bookmark, or some other means. If you feel this could be worded more clearly, I'm open to suggestions! Thank you!

[reppep]

I thought ‘follow’ referred to some kind of GitHub subscription or Watch setting. How about “keep an eye on”? Chris

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On Apr 22, 2024, at 9:36 AM, sspencerwire ***@***.***> wrote: @reppep Essentially, that just means to "follow that site"... you could do this with your web browser favorites tab, bookmark, or some other means. If you feel this could be worded more clearly, I'm open to suggestions! Thank you! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sspencerwire]

I thought ‘follow’ referred to some kind of GitHub subscription or Watch setting. How about “keep an eye on”? Chris
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Because of other languages (translations), I think that might qualify as slang. but we could just change it to "watch"

[reppep]

That’s a good point, but I think Watch is a specific GitHub verb. I didn’t see a way to Watch an entire project, unfortunately. Chris

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On Apr 24, 2024, at 2:14 PM, sspencerwire ***@***.***> wrote: I thought ‘follow’ referred to some kind of GitHub subscription or Watch setting. How about “keep an eye on”? Chris … Because of other languages (translations), I think that might qualify as slang. but we could just change it to "watch" — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[sspencerwire]

Let me see if I can think of a way to reword this so it makes sense. Thank you!

[Grammaresque]

Hi, I wrote that. Really all I meant by it was "find" Rocky Linux by clicking the link in that same sentence.

[Grammaresque]

Personally, as a not-extensive user of GH, when I want to follow a repo I fork it to my own directory.