git-fork Questions

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I'm trying to fork this repository, but getting an error message: You can't fork this repository at this time. I've read the license, and tried forking from another computer using VPN, in case o...
Bowfin asked 2/12, 2019 at 20:5

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More specifically, how do I tell if the origin of the repo on disk is a fork of some repo? I am thinking that it should be some API call, but I am not sure. Can I rely on "remote.upstream.url"?
Briefs asked 28/10, 2019 at 17:30

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I forked a project, made changes, and created a pull request which was accepted. New commits were later added to the repository. How do I get those commits into my fork?
Separable asked 30/8, 2011 at 13:53

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I'm using Git Fork as my Git client. Recently I made some changes to my installation of Node JS. After doing so all my pre-commit hooks threw an error saying npm: command not found. I can use NPM ...
Auschwitz asked 21/8, 2019 at 16:38

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I created a Azure Devops (VSTS) project by forking another project. Now whenever we clone the new project you get references to the original project in the console output remote: This repository ...
Laywoman asked 4/6, 2018 at 4:49

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I've previously forked jockm/vert.x and sent him a pull request. Now I want to fork vert-x/vert.x (the upstream of jockm/vert.x) and send them a different pull request. But when I click the Fork bu...
Zaccaria asked 9/9, 2012 at 10:16

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How do I create and/or send a pull request to another repository hosted on GitHub?
Peculiar asked 4/2, 2013 at 5:10

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I was wondering how GitHub templates differentiates from forks and why should I use them instead of forking a repository?
Blunge asked 29/5, 2020 at 8:53

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I have a set of documentation for my company's API, based on the excellent Slate framework from TripIt. Per instructions, I forked their repo and proceeded to customize it. That fork lives here. T...
Participial asked 22/7, 2015 at 20:33

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I'm using GitHub to host some projects and someone forked my repo and submitted a PR. I have never had to test a PR in a fork before. How can I checkout the branch and test it? Can I some how pull ...
Kirksey asked 17/6, 2020 at 15:19

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Stash enables automatic fork syncing if selected: https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/STASH/Keeping+forks+synchronized It will update any branches in your fork that you haven't modified. I've ...
Laudianism asked 21/5, 2014 at 20:23

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How can I see a list of all the child repos that have been created from my template repo on GitHub? GitHub displays how many forks were created from a given repo at the top of the WUI, next to the ...
Jaclynjaco asked 16/7, 2020 at 20:42

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Is there a way to know who has forked my repository on GitHub? I can see the number of forks, but I'd like to know who forked my repository and what kind of changes they made to it. I know they ca...
Inverse asked 31/8, 2012 at 3:19

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I am working with a bitbucket git repo I have read-only access to, so I created a fork to work on my features. Question: How do I update my fork to include changes made to the original repo made ...
Overmantel asked 30/3, 2012 at 14:26

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I have a public repository on GitHub. I want to replicate/copy it and work on a new project based on this repository, but I don't want to affect how it is now. I tried forking it using the GitHub U...
Subdebutante asked 9/6, 2012 at 19:22

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I've two remotes - origin which points to my fork and upstream which points to company repo. $git remote -v origin https://github.com/me/app.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/me/app.git (pu...
Cavefish asked 8/5, 2015 at 19:32

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I want to contribute to a public repo with a pull request. I can't seem to find a workaround for it, when I fork the public repo it shows up in my account as well. However, I don't want that repo t...
Homomorphism asked 6/9, 2020 at 15:10

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Is there a way to fork from a specific branch on GitHub? … For example, moodle has many branches (1.9, 2.0 … and so on). Can a clone be performed of just branch 1.9 and not the master branch always...
Philana asked 10/2, 2012 at 12:35

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This is my first time forking a GitHub project, and I'm not too competent with CocoaPods either, so please bear with me. Basically, I forked a project on GitHub using the following in my Podfile: ...
Cheryle asked 5/1, 2014 at 17:40

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I've forked a repo to create a new project. The new project is now indipendent and I want to change the base fork to the head fork when creating PRs by default, in order to avoid mistakes. How c...
Registered asked 4/8, 2017 at 6:10

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How can the Stacked Pull Requests pattern be used when doing PRs from the fork to the parent repo? I use this pattern often when we need to split a large feature into small reviewable PRs. In one r...
Dicky asked 21/6, 2022 at 8:35

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I have a repo on github that contains a web application that's deployed to two different domains. The application has slight logic forks here and there to behave differently depending on which doma...
Enaenable asked 31/3, 2014 at 16:55

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I have a local git repo with two remotes: upstream, the original main repo, and origin, my GitHub fork of it. I want to create new branches based off of upstream/master, push them to origin for PR...
Niggling asked 11/8, 2017 at 15:32

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I want to compare the local clone of a repository I have forked with the original/upstream repository to see if further commits have been made requiring me to pull/merge. I'd like to do this from t...
Zygotene asked 7/8, 2014 at 21:39

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We are two students working on our online repository (different repo) that is forked from a common upstream repo. Let's say other student made Changes, Commits and Pushed to his repo on a specifi...
Know asked 10/2, 2017 at 10:24

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