The author shares their experience with fork maintenance and offers advice on keeping changes in sync with the original project. They emphasize the importance of atomic commits, identifying fixes, avoiding evil merges, and rebasing regularly. Contributing changes back to the original project is encouraged to make maintenance easier. The article also provides a guide on how to rebase a project effectively, including straightening the git history, minimizing changes, squashing commits, and handling conflicts. The author stresses the significance of maintaining a good relationship with the upstream project maintainers. The advice is practical and detailed, aiming to make fork maintenance less daunting for developers.
https://joaquimrocha.com/2024/09/22/how-to-fork/