+ [2019-10-18T21:43:31Z] R2robot so if I had to guess, I'd say... no?
+ [2019-10-18T21:46:19Z] birkoff isn't the fork of a repo a copy of all its data?
+ [2019-10-18T21:46:25Z] birkoff that must take a lot of storage space
+ [2019-10-18T21:56:22Z] tang^ there is an article that explains some of what happens behind the scenes
+ [2019-10-18T21:56:54Z] tang^ basically, it's copy on write... there's only one copy of the repo you forked on disk until you make a change to your fork

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Posted by birkoff in #github at 2019-10-18T21:46:19Z

isn't the fork of a repo a copy of all its data?
+ [2019-10-19T00:55:03Z] b1rk0ff tang^: I see, something along incremental backups ?
+ [2019-10-19T06:30:00Z] alkisg Hi, can I use mkdocs to maintain my epoptes.github.io site online, without having to build/push locally?
+ [2019-10-19T06:39:39Z] R2robot if you're asking if github will pull your files and build your site with whatever command mkdocs uses to generate the static files, then, no.
+ [2019-10-19T06:40:43Z] R2robot you can still use github pages though
+ [2019-10-19T06:42:54Z] alkisg R2robot: thank you, and if I use jekyll, may I use different themes or plugins again without having to build them locally?