How to Fork a GitHub Repository

Here's a quick tutorial on how to fork a GitHub repo.

# How to Fork on GitHub

In this GitHub Fork example, I start right from scratch. First, I register a new GitHub account named citizen-developer, and then I go to the cameronmcnz rock-paper-scissors GitHub Repo an fork it.

After that, I perform a git clone on the forked repository. I add a file or two to the repo, do a git add and a git commit, and then push it all back to the citizen-developer forked repo.

Hoping to get those changes back to the original repo, the citizen-developer does a GitHub pull request. Then I log into the cameronmcnz account and merge the pull request. So the original repository gets the changes that were done on the GitHub fork.

It's only 7 or 8 minutes. Check out this short video, and you'll learn everything you need to know about how to fork a GitHub repo.

0:19 Care a new GitHub account named citizen-developer
1:54 Fork the GitHub repo
2:41 Clone the GitHub fork
4:36 Push changes to fork back to GitHub
6:10 Perform a pull request
7:12 Merge the pull request

Enjoy. And Happy Git!

[CallTheDay]

Much better Tutorial than the other ones on that subject. Very easy to understand. Thanks

[westmainz]

Great job man! Easy and straight forward.

[kevinshao]

Thanks for great nice and clear tutorial!

[afshinshoja]

i'm glad to watch this video, thanks man😀

[rosab]

I took an intro to web scripting class last semester and I forgot how to do this already 😅. I have a folder with the same name as the one I wanted to clone 😬 so I added the path for the folder I wanted to clone on git and the cloning worked! 😭😭🙏🙏🙏

Thank you so much for the refresher!

[MrNams]

Great video, to the point video, thanks for sharing with us #mrnams