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Forking A Repository In Github

What Does Forking A Repository Means?

1. Forking a repository means create a copy of repository under your github id.
2. Any changes made in the original repository will be reflected in your forked repository.
3. If you are doing any changes in your forked repository then you have to get the changes approved from the administrator of original repository in order to merge your changes.

How To Fork Your Repository?

1. Login to the github portal.
2. Click on ‘Your repositories’.

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3. In the search box, search the repository. Make sure you search in ‘All GitHub’.

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4. Search results will be displayed below

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

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