NAME

git-fork - Fork a repo on github

SYNOPSIS

git-fork [<github-repo-url>]

DESCRIPTION

If a github repo url is given, fork the repo. Like clone but forks first.

1.: forks the repo on github
2.: clones the repo into the current dir
3.: adds the original repo as a remote called upstream

If a url is not given and the current dir is a github repo, fork the repo.

1.: forks the current repo
2.: rename the origin remote repo to upstream
3.: adds the forked repo as a remote called origin

Remotes will use ssh if you have it configured with GitHub, if not, https will be used.

Create a fork of a project on GitHub via command line.

A personal access token is required for making the API call to create a fork in GitHub. API Documentation here https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#forks

Make sure the personal access token has the right OAuth scopes for the repo(s)

Use git config --global --add git-extras.github-personal-access-token <your-personal-access-token>

If using multiple accounts, override the global value in the specific repo using git config git-extras.github-personal-access-token <other-acc-personal-access-token>

EXAMPLE

Fork expect.js:

$ git fork https://github.com/LearnBoost/expect.js

or just:

$ git fork LearnBoost/expect.js

Then:

$ ..<forks into your github profile and clones repo locally to expect.js dir>...
$ cd expect.js && git remote -v


  origin          git@github.com:<user>/expect.js (fetch)


  origin          git@github.com:<user>/expect.js (push)


  upstream        git@github.com:LearnBoost/expect.js (fetch)


  upstream        git@github.com:LearnBoost/expect.js (push)

If the current dir is a clone of expect.js, this has the same effect:

$ git fork

AUTHOR

Written by Andrew Griffiths <mail@andrewgriffithsonline.com>

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