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Great tutorial.
Follow up question though. How would I go about making a pull request from my private form to the upstream? Normally when you form there's a button in GitHub to allow you to do this but since this is done manually the GitHub linking isn't there. 🤔

Thank you

Thanks 😃

Thx :)

According to this entry on the GitHub Docs, using GitHub's forking method means that you lose access to your fork if the source repo goes private and you are not authorized to view the now private repo. Making a private fork with this method seems like a no-brainer if you don't use backups and want to access your changes.

This is immensely useful thanks a lot!!

This is immensely useful thanks a lot!!

https://github.com/new/import also works! 😅

This is a game changer, thank you so much!

Great tutorial! Thanks a lot!

Thanks mate!

Thanks too !

Use this one: https://github.com/new/import

This is the easiest option by far. Just enter the URL of the Github repo you want to replicate and that's it

Use this one: https://github.com/new/import

This is the easiest option by far. Just enter the URL of the Github repo you want to replicate and that's it

Thanks man. the best solution.

According to this entry on the GitHub Docs, using GitHub's forking method means that you lose access to your fork if the source repo goes private and you are not authorized to view the now private repo. Making a private fork with this method seems like a no-brainer if you don't use backups and want to access your changes.

I suggest to read that entry again specifically this part here: Changing a public repository to a private repository

...a public repository's forks will remain public in their own separate repository network even after the upstream repository is made private...

Best Github guide I found so far. Straight to the point!

be careful that sometimes, when you make this bare clone, github will loose track of what branch is the default, so you have to configurate it

Use this one: https://github.com/new/import

This is the easiest option by far. Just enter the URL of the Github repo you want to replicate and that's it

Thanks man. the best solution.

Yup this works for me

For people using Visual Studio 2022:

The repository for the assignment is public and Github does not allow the creation of private forks for public repositories.

For this assignment the commands are:

1. Create a public fork of the repository easytrace.
   (This is temporary and will be removed.)

2. Clone your fork using Visual Studio 2022's Clone a repository feature.

   Replace <your_username> with your actual Github username in the url below.

   [email protected]:<your_username>/easytrace.git

3. Delete your public fork you made in step 1.

4. Create a new private repository on Github and name it easytrace.

   If you are unable to create a private repo, you can request unlimited private repos as a studant by getting
   the student pack from Github.

5. In Visual Studio 2022, open Git.

   Git > Open in Command Prompt

6. Mirror-push your bare clone to your new easytrace repository in the command prompt you just opened in step 5.

   Replace <your_username> with your actual Github username in the url below.

   git push --mirror [email protected]:<your_username>/easytrace.git

Use this one: https://github.com/new/import

this one would not work if you want to use the original repo as the upstream where you can be pulling changes to rebase your repo.

Thank you!!

Use this one: https://github.com/new/import

Awesome! Thanks!

Thanks

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Thanks, was very helpful

Thanks!

Thanks, also found a way using the GitHub Web Interface:

1. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Leave Fork Network
2. Refresh or Reload the Page
3. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Change visibility > Change to Private
   
   

Thanks, also found a way using the GitHub Web Interface:

1. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Leave Fork Network
2. Refresh or Reload the Page
3. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Change visibility > Change to Private
   
   

Came here to say this, this one works flawlessly.

Thanks, also found a way using the GitHub Web Interface:

1. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Leave Fork Network
2. Refresh or Reload the Page
3. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Change visibility > Change to Private
   
   

I might be wrong, but it's not the same.
In this way you cannot pull changes from the repository you wanted to make a fork from.

Thanks, also found a way using the GitHub Web Interface:

1. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Leave Fork Network
2. Refresh or Reload the Page
3. ⚙️ Settings > General Settings > Danger Zone > Change visibility > Change to Private
   
   

I might be wrong, but it's not the same. In this way you cannot pull changes from the repository you wanted to make a fork from.

add to this changing origin using

git remote set-url origin https://github.com/yourusername/yourforkname.git
git remote add upstream https://github.com/upstreamusername/upstreamreponame.git

push your changes and you should be all set

you can verify setup by running

git remote -v

and you should see

origin https://github.com/yourusername/yourforkname.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/yourusername/yourforkname.git (push)
upstream https://github.com/upstreamusername/upstreamreponame.git (fetch)
upstream https://github.com/upstreamusername/upstreamreponame.git (push)

be careful that sometimes, when you make this bare clone, github will loose track of what branch is the default, so you have to configurate it

Can I simply change the default in the settings or do I need to do something specific?