I'm not terribly good at git-fu, so I look to the experts. I have a template webapp, and I would like to create several sites based on this template. The new sites will rarely if ever push updates back to the template, but I want to be able to capture all updates to the template.

Is it wiser to create branches, or outright clone/forks? In terms of organization, I would prefer to fork, but with little experience with Git, I'm not positive that this is a good way to go.

What advantages/disadvantages might I see with each method?

Thanks