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 UI but it didn’t do anything. 13 Answers 13
I have a private repository on GitHub that I want to make public. However, some of the initial commits contain information that I don’t want to publicize (hard-coded credentials, etc). What is the easiest route to make the latest commit public (I don’t really need or want the previous commits in the public repository) without … Read more
How do I create and/or send a pull request to another repository hosted on GitHub? 8 Answers 8
I keep hearing people say they’re forking code in Git. Git “fork” sounds suspiciously like Git “clone” plus some (meaningless) psychological willingness to forgo future merges. There is no fork command in Git, right? GitHub makes forks a little more real by stapling correspondence onto it. That is, you press the fork button and later, … Read more
I forked a project, applied several fixes and created a pull request which was accepted. A few days later, another change was made by another contributor. So my fork doesn’t contain that change. How can I get that change into my fork? Do I need to delete and re-create my fork when I have further … Read more
