At this point, the fork goes into WordPress queue, where editor can review, approve the changes for publishing.
If the changes can be merged, the original post will be updated, otherwise, the editor will be presented with the ability to resolve the conflicting changes.
WordPress Post Forking introduces many of Git's well-established conventions to WordPress world, and as result, uses vocabulary to describe what it does.
Conflict When post is forked if given line is changed on the fork, and that same line is edited on the parent post prior to the merge, the post cannot be merged, and the conflict is presented to the merger to resolve..
Everyone Help expand the documentation wiki and answer questions in the support forums to make it easier for other users to get started, or join the discussion on P2 to help shape the project's future..
The plugin also stores ID for the prior to when the fork was created ..
The fork post type has its own capabilities, allowing user without the ability to edit or publish on the parent post to edit fork.
Once changes have been made, assuming the user does not have the capability, the user would submit the fork for review using WordPress moderation system..
The post content of the fork undergoes three way merge with the revision and version of the parent post..
Once published, the fork post type simply exists to provide record of the change and allow the author page, to theoretically list contributions by author..
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