jmftrindade/private_fork.md

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Clone repo

git clone --bare [email protected]:someuser/repo.git
cd repo.git
git push --mirror [email protected]:you/private.git
cd ..
rm -rf repo.git

Fetch changes from original repo

git remote add upstream [email protected]:someuser/repo.git
git pull upstream master  # creates a merge commit
git push origin master

PR to original repo

git clone [email protected]:someuser/repo.git
cd repo
git remote add private [email protected]:you/private.git
git checkout -b pr_yourchanges
git pull private master
git push origin pr_yourchanges