Question

I use git all the time for my solo missions but I tend to just work the master.

Should I try forking even if it’s just me?

Answer 1

Even if it’s just you I would suggest you to try the topic-branch workflow of git. First and foremost to get a feeling for it so you can apply it once you take part in bigger projects.

$ git branch usb_support
$ git checkout usb_support
.. hack hack hack ..
$ git checkout master
$ git merge usb_support

Obviously you can also switch to a different branches in between if you feel like working
on something else. Even if you are just on your own it happens that you start working on something only to later realize that it was a bad idea. In that case you can just throw away your topic branch and don’t pollute the master branch. Of course if it’s a project that nobody else will ever look at it does not matter that much even in the master branch. But then the gaining-experience-argument is still valid.