The terminology might not be 100% correct, because git itself doesn't have a concept of a "server" or a "fork", but the fact is that the vast majority of Git users do use Git concerning a server and forks. To git, there is no difference between a fork on a Github server and a clone elsewhere on my machine, but that knowledge really isn't necessary if you're not implementing the git protocol yourself or rolling your own Github. A fork is a remote copy of the repo, and that remote is a central server.
What I mean by this is that me, as a developer just picking up git, am going to get extremely confused trying to contribute to a Github project if I know understand the difference between a clone and a fork. I will commit changes to my local clone, but will not understand why they don't immediately go to my fork on Github. Describing the decentralized nature of Git in this sense is not going to help me in any way get my changes back into the master repo on Github.
To to reiterate, the git tool itself has no such thing as a "fork" and doesn't have a concept of a "server", and yet a fork is a very real thing in the git workflow, and just about any project you contribute to will have a centralized server. Not only is it rude to harshly criticize the author in this regard, but it misses the point of why the question would be asked. In an interview, the employer doesn't want to know if you understand the full protocol of git, they're asking if you know how to use their development workflow.
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The terminology might not be 100% correct, because
gititself doesn't have a concept of a "server" or a "fork", but the fact is that the vast majority of Git users do use Git concerning a server and forks. Togit, there is no difference between a fork on a Github server and a clone elsewhere on my machine, but that knowledge really isn't necessary if you're not implementing the git protocol yourself or rolling your own Github. A fork is a remote copy of the repo, and that remote is a central server.What I mean by this is that me, as a developer just picking up git, am going to get extremely confused trying to contribute to a Github project if I know understand the difference between a clone and a fork. I will commit changes to my local clone, but will not understand why they don't immediately go to my fork on Github. Describing the decentralized nature of Git in this sense is not going to help me in any way get my changes back into the master repo on Github.
To to reiterate, the
gittool itself has no such thing as a "fork" and doesn't have a concept of a "server", and yet a fork is a very real thing in the git workflow, and just about any project you contribute to will have a centralized server. Not only is it rude to harshly criticize the author in this regard, but it misses the point of why the question would be asked. In an interview, the employer doesn't want to know if you understand the full protocol of git, they're asking if you know how to use their development workflow.