How can I fork my own GitHub repository?

Question

So, total newbie to Git. Been reading through the guides and think I have the basics but am having difficulties accomplishing this one goal.

I have a repo created fo

Answer 1

This tutorial gives a simple and straightforward answer :

1. Create a new empty github forkedreporepository

2. Clone it locally:

   git clone https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/forkedrepo.git
   

3. Add the original github repository as remote of the new local repository:

   git remote add upstream https://github.com/YOURUSERNAME/originalrepo.git
   

4. Pull down a copy of the original github repository to your new local repository:

   git pull upstream master
   

5. Push the files from your new local repository to new github repository:

   git push origin master
   

This won't be recognized by github as a fork of the original repository, off course, but this is as good as it gets.