To turn your fork into a standalone repository, you can clone the fork, use the clone to create a new repository, and then delete the fork. This is useful when you want to take the work you are doing in a different direction or maintain distinct versions.
The new repository will no longer automatically sync with changes from the original repository.
Notes:
- The new repository will not retain any of its issues, pull requests, wikis, stars, watchers, comments, child forks, or other metadata that may currently be associated with your current fork.
- All commit metadata will be preserved. Commits may become eligible to be counted as contributions, if they meet certain criteria. For more information, see "
Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?
."
You can delete a fork and recreate the same repository, without the connection to the original network.
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Open
Terminal
Terminal
Git Bash
.
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Create a bare clone of the fork.
git clone --bare https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
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Delete the forked repository. For more information, see "
Deleting a repository
."
Warning
: Deleting a fork will
permanently
delete any associated pull requests and configurations. This action
cannot
be undone.
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Create a new repository with the same name in the same location. For more information, see "
Creating a new repository
."
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Mirror-push the repository back to the same remote URL.
cd FORK-NAME.git
git push --mirror https://github.com/EXAMPLE-USER/FORK-NAME.git
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Remove temporary local clone you created earlier.
cd ..
rm -rf FORK-NAME.git
For more information, see
our support page
on forks.
