I can't to fork my own repository

[VovanR]

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When I trying to fork my own repository it says me that I already have repository with this name. But if I set another unused repository name - nothing changed. This interface is not allowed me to fork my own repository =(

[hrishikesh-kocharekar-dev]

Hi Vladimir,

Go to your profile on the platform where your repository is located (e.g., GitHub).
Click on the "New repository" button.
Give your new repository a name and a description (if desired).
Choose the repository type (e.g., public or private).
Click "Create repository."
Once you have created your new repository, you can clone the code from your existing repository and push it to the new repository using Git. Here are the steps to do that:

Open a terminal or Git Bash window.
Navigate to the directory where your existing repository is located using the cd command.
Clone your existing repository using the command git clone <repository URL>.
Navigate into the newly created directory using cd <repository name>.
Initialize a new Git repository using git init.
Add your files using git add ..
Commit your changes using git commit -m "Initial commit".
Add the URL of your new repository as a remote using git remote add origin <new repository URL>.
Push your changes to the new repository using git push -u origin master.
These steps will effectively create a copy of your existing repository in a new repository with a different name.

[Yarden-zamir]

You can import the repo using github importer

[ToasterUwU]

Any way to actually fork and not just copy paste the contents to a new repo? I specifically need to have "repo b" be a fork of "repo a".

Specifcially i have a template which gets regular updates from me, and i make other things from it.
And i want to easily apply fixes and all that to my forks, while having them separate because they are their own project, just based on the original template repo.

And using the actual "Template" function from Github doest work as far as i know, since i cant make a PR from it like i could with a fork

[bigjosh]

It seems the only way to fork your own repo is to make an organization in your account and then use that to make the fork...

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/drcode/02a9a38cc3fc2400af8b9bc3789ba0e6/raw/b9040f6e2f18dc4eafc8ff4e2e90bc3d876b399a/gistfile1.txt

[VladimirCreator]

+1
GitHub really needs it

[dannevesdantas]

A curious question: If it works for public and private organizations why it doesn't work for personal accounts? 🤔

The ability to fork your own repo is important because, if you add new commits to the base repo, the forks can sync with it.

[YeesterPlus]

create a new branch