Fork a repo

A full copy of another repo on GitHub under your GitHub account.

• Same commit at the time of forked.
• Still linked to the original repo (upstream).
• When don’t have write access to the original repo (not the collaborator)
  • But enables opening Pull Requests (PRs)
• Not same as clone, happened in Github, by
  • Created using Fork button
  • Will redirect to your forked repo

Why create branches in a fork?

• One branch = one task (bug / feature)
• Keep main clean
• Allow multiple PRs at the same time
• Easy to modify or abandon changes
• Easier review for maintainers

Steps from fork to pr:

1. Create fork
2. Clone the forked repo
3. git remote add upstream
4. Create branch in fork repo