Forking is a concept of making copy of the main repository to your account so that you can make modifications in it.
From my very basic understanding, it’s like creating a fork in the road. Each path gets you to where you want to go, but the path is different. If you’re driving to LA on the main highway, someone might fork off that with a better path; they will both get you to LA but the forked path might be: faster, prettier, less road rage, etc. The forked path is still reliant upon the original but now it is in a repository that they can make changes to it without affecting the original.
Yesterday I followed the advice in this Reddit thread (am I allowed to post a Reddit link?) Scroll down to where /u/I_know_bubblesort answers the question about why it's happening and gives the fork that works.
This is the fork, which I used successfully yesterday. It took 7 hours!!
On another note, I'd love it if someone could tell me why it's called a fork?
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