What is a fork?

Learn that a fork is a copy of a repository.

What Is a Fork?

A fork is an independent copy of another user's remote repository under your own account. It is commonly used when contributing to open-source projects. Creating a fork does not change the original repository; you can work on your own copy.

Original repository: user/project
Fork: your-account/project

Why Use a Fork?

A fork lets you prepare changes in projects where you do not have direct write access. You can edit files and create commits in your own copy, then propose your changes to the original project.

Original project
    ↓ Fork
Copy in your account
    ↓ Changes
Contribution proposal

Exercise Identify a Fork URL

Create the GitHub URL for the fork repository below. The account name must be dev-user and the repository name must be sample-app.

Test yourself

What happens when you fork a project into your account?
- All files on your computer are automatically deleted.
- The owner of the original repository changes automatically.
- The original repository is deleted.
- An independent repository copy is created in your account.
Show answer

An independent repository copy is created in your account. — A fork creates a separate repository copy in your account without deleting the original.

Specify the Fork Repository Account

https://github.com/____/proje

Show answer

https://github.com/hesabim/proje

Fork Concepts

Fork

Remote repo copy in your account
Kaynak depo

The original repository being copied
Hesap

The user space hosting the repository
Bağımsız kopya

Repo where you make your own changes

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