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DmitrySharabin/forkit

Create a private fork of any public repo.

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Create a private fork of any public repo

Clone this repo and cd into the cloned folder (with the forkit.mjs file).

Usage

Note

You will need to have Node.js installed.

  1. Create an empty private repo on GitHub (private_fork).
  2. In the terminal, run node forkit.mjs <public_repo_URL> <private_fork_URL> [<path_to_clone_to>]

Note

If no path_to_clone_to is provided, the private fork will be cloned to a folder in the current directory.

Example

node forkit.mjs https://github.com/user/foo.git https://github.com/user/private-foo.git ../foo

or simply

node forkit.mjs user/foo user/private-foo ../foo

Syncing with the public repo

  1. cd <private_fork_folder>
  2. git pull upstream <branch_name>
  3. git push origin <branch_name>

Pushing to the public repo (if it's also yours or you have permission to push)

git push upstream <branch_name>

Contributors

DmitrySharabin

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