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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
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