Copy a repo without forking

copy-repo.md

How to copy a GitHub repo without forking

GitHub only lets you fork a repo once, if you want to make more than one copy of a project here's how you can do it. Useful for starter code.

1. Create a new empty folder for your project and initialize git

   cd where-you-keep-your-projects
   mkdir your-project-name
   cd your-project-name
   git init

2. "Pull" the repo you want to copy:

   # git pull <gitreponame> <branchname>
   # git url is the same as the clone URL
   git pull git-url-of-the-repo-you-want-to-copy

3. Create a new repository for your project on GitHub

4. Push your code to the new repository you just created

   git remote add origin git-url-of-the-new-repo-you-created (e.g.: https//[email protected]/myname/myrepo.git)
   git push origin master
   

quite helpful! thanks!!