Git: How to move to a fork after cloning

git-move-fork-after-cloning.md

Git: How to move to a fork after cloning

So you've cloned somebody's repo from github, but now you want to fork it and contribute back.

Technically, when you fork "origin" should be your fork and "upstream" should be the project you forked; however, if you're willing to break this convention then it's easy.

• Off the top of my head *

1. Fork their repo on Github

2. In your local, add a new remote to your fork; then fetch it, and push your changes up to it

git remote add my-fork [email protected]
git fetch my-fork
git push my-fork

Otherwise, if you want to follow convention:

1. Fork their repo on Github

2. In your local, rename your origin remote to upstream

git remote rename origin upstream

3. Add a new origin

git remote add origin [email protected]

4. Fetch & push

git fetch origin
git push origin