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fork a repo manually (set source as upstream origin) rather than with the "fork" button. e.g. for in github when you want to fork a project twice.

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$ git remote -v

origin  https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js.git (push)

Rename origin to upstream and add our new empty repo as the origin.

$ git remote rename origin upstream
$ git remote add origin https://github.com/benschw/new-presentation.git
$ git remote -v

origin  https://github.com/benschw/new-presentation.git (fetch)
origin  https://github.com/benschw/new-presentation.git (push)
upstream    https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js.git (fetch)
upstream    https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js.git (push)

Push from your local repo to your new remote one.

$ git push -u origin master

K0-RR commented Dec 18, 2021

I just tried that with 2 GitLab projects, but when I go back to GitLab's web UI, the new project is not marked as a fork of the initial one.
Is it the case with GitHub also?

Yes, does anybody knows how to fix this? Sorry for the necropost...

harveyadcock commented Jun 22, 2023

Hi,

Apparently link to adrianshort.org is dead :( But still accessible here

I just tried that with 2 GitLab projects, but when I go back to GitLab's web UI , the new project is not marked as a fork of the initial one.

Is it the case with GitHub also?

Do you have an idea why?

Yes, confirmed that when doing this, the fork doesn’t appear as a fork in the GitHub UI. Anybody know how to fix this or if it’s the expected behaviour?