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Forking A Repository In Github

This article describes forking a repository in GitHub.

What Does Forking A Repository Mean?

Forking a repository means creating a copy of the repository under your GitHub ID. Any changes made in the original repository will be reflected in your forked repository.

If you are making any changes in your forked repository, the changes must be approved by the administrator of the original repository to merge your changes.

How To Fork Your Repository?

To fork a repository, log in to the GitHub portal. Click on Your repositories.

Picture showing Your Repositories menu option in github

In the search box, search the word font in the GitHub repository.

Picture showing searching the font repository in github

Search results will be displayed below

Picture showing the detail page of the repository

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Click on the repository you want to fork.
In the detail screen, you have an option for fork

Picture showing the fork button for forking a repository in github

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Following screen will come, that signifies that repository is getting copied.

Picture showing the screen displayed the progress of the forking

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Once the copy is completed, you can see the copy in your repository.

Picture showing the output of forking the repository in github

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Thursday, August 22, 2019

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