Show HN: Graftfork: rebase fork patches onto each upstream release, test-gated

Category: devtools

Tags: fork-management, rebase, patch-management, distro-packaging, upstream-tracking

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 7, Technical: 8, Documentation: 7, Utility: 7)

Graftfork is a service and research repository that automates rebasing fork patches onto each upstream release, with test gating and conflict resolution. It uses public Debian and Ubuntu packaging history to evaluate its approach against maintainer decisions, showing measurable improvements over plain rebase. The project is interesting for its data-driven evidence and practical tooling for maintaining forks.

Target audience: open-source maintainers, devops engineers, package maintainers

Repository: https://graftfork.com/try · Makefile · Apache-2.0

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