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Create a private fork of a public repository

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

The correct way of creating a private frok by duplicating the repo is documented here.

For this assignment the commands are:

  1. Create a bare clone of the repository. (This is temporary and will be removed so just do it wherever.) 
    

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git clone --bare [email protected]:usi-systems/easytrace.git



  


  




    


          
    

      

        
        

          

              @ravibhure
          

          

            
                ravibhure
                / git_rebase.md
            
            

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              October 21, 2025 14:16
            

              
                Git rebase from remote fork repo
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
In your local clone of your forked repository, you can add the original GitHub repository as a "remote". ("Remotes" are like nicknames for the URLs of repositories - origin is one, for example.) Then you can fetch all the branches from that upstream repository, and rebase your work to continue working on the upstream version. In terms of commands that might look like:


Add the remote, call it "upstream":


git remote add upstream https://github.com/whoever/whatever.git


Fetch all the branches of that remote into remote-tracking branches, such as upstream/master:


git fetch upstream



  


  




    


          
    

      

        
        

          

              @CristinaSolana
          

          

            
                CristinaSolana
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              February 22, 2012 14:56
            

              
                Keeping a fork up to date
              
          

        

      

        

  

      

    
1. Clone your fork:


git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git



2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:


cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream