Git Question

[Dimelord]

I have here an interesting question regarding forking a git repo. I have recently taken over the duties of dev for a coin I will not name so this post wont get moved. I the client for the said coin is long overdue for an update, so I forked the repository and began making the changes, (updating checkpoints and that stuff). Here is my question, If I release this client from my newly forked source, will I be creating a fork of the entire coin? Essentially creating a new coin? The old dev wont answer my requests to give me git access. I know that its a silly question, but I would appreciate some feedback.

[njaard]

It's hard to say depending on how said client works. If you're modifying Bitcoin-Qt, then you have the potential of creating a hard fork. If you're modifying a client (like Armory) that uses Bitcoin-Qt, then no.

I mean, creating a new coin would require a new genesis block, so you're probably not doing that. But causing a fork in the network is possible - but that would just cause your client to become useless unless you suddenly get a lot of users who are mining.

[njaard]

A more helpful reply: You should probably not worry about it.

[Dimelord]

Thanks