How do you fork a repository on GitHub?

Forking is when you create your own copy of someone else’s GitHub repository.

You do this directly on GitHub by clicking the “Fork” button on the top right of the repository

page.

Follow:

Example:

You want to contribute to a public project like freeCodeCamp. You click Fork, creating your

own version under your account. You can modify it freely and then make pull requests to the

original project.

Command-line analogy:

Forking is like cloning, but on the GitHub server level — it gives you your own remote

repository to push to.