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.)

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

2. 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.

3. Mirror-push your bare clone to your new easytrace repository.

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

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

4. Remove the temporary local repository you created in step 1.

   cd ..
   rm -rf easytrace.git

5. You can now clone your easytrace repository on your machine (in my case in the code folder).

   cd ~/code
   git clone [email protected]:<your_username>/easytrace.git

6. To pull new updates from the public repo.

   cd private-repo
   git remote add public [email protected]:usi-systems/easytrace.git
   git pull public master # Creates a merge commit
   git push origin master

   Awesome, your private repo now has the latest code from the public repo plus your changes.