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Fork a Repository

How to fork a repository​

First log into your github account and after finding the repo you want to copy or contribute to, do the following steps.

Step 1:​

  • On the top right side of the project repository you can see the fork section.Click on the fork section.

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Step 2:​

After clicking the Fork section, you will be seeing the following page.

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Step 3:​

  • By default the repository name is same as their parent name.
  • You can change the name of repository, if you want to customize it.

Step 4:​

  • Click on the create fork(green) button to fork the repository.

  • Now you made the copy of repo in your own GitHub section. All the repo files and even the commit history is preserved in your GitHub.

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