Can the Same Jekyll Site Behave Differently Depending on How It Was Started? We ran an experiment: take the same Jekyll theme — Mediumish, for example — and build two identical sites from it. One is created by forking the original repository. The other is created by cloning the same repository, stripping away the GitHub fork relationship entirely. The content, layout, and structure were the same. But the development experience and performance over time were surprisingly different. Experiment Setup: Fork vs Clone 1. Forked Version Forked directly from the theme author’s GitHub repository Deployed using GitHub Pages with default settings No major changes to structure, just minor text edits 2. Cloned Version Cloned the same original repository using git clone Pushed to a brand-new GitHub repository with no fork link Added a custom Gemfile, plugin support, and structured layout changes Deployed via Netlify with custom build commands K...
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