Template và fork

	Template	Fork
Commit history	Starts with a single commit	Includes entire commit history of the parent repository
Do commit to it appear in your contribution graph?	Yes	No
Purpose	To start a new project quickly	A temporary way to contribute code to an existing project

• A new fork includes the entire commit history of the parent repository, while a repository created from a template starts with a single commit.
• Commits to a fork don’t appear in your contributions graph, while commits to a repository created from a template do appear in your contribution graph.
• A fork can be a temporary way to contribute code to an existing project, while creating a repository from a template starts a new project quickly.