Fork a project and clone it

Make your own copy of someone else's GitHub project and download it, ready to change.

Fill these in once

Project to fork (owner/name)

Fork it and download your copy
Terminal
```
gh repo fork octocat/Spoon-Knife --clone
```
Needs GitHub CLI, signed in. See “Install GitHub CLI and log in”. The original is added as “upstream” for you.

Check it worked

Check where your copy points
Terminal
```
git remote -v
```
origin is your fork. upstream is the original.

Undo it

Delete your fork on GitHub
Terminal
```
gh repo delete
```
Run it inside the folder and type the name to confirm. It deletes your copy only, never the original. GitHub may ask you to allow deleting first: gh auth refresh -s delete_repo

Fork it and download your copy
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
gh repo fork octocat/Spoon-Knife --clone
```
Needs GitHub CLI, signed in. See “Install GitHub CLI and log in”. The original is added as “upstream” for you.

Check it worked

Check where your copy points
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
git remote -v
```
origin is your fork. upstream is the original.

Undo it

Delete your fork on GitHub
Terminal · Ubuntu / Debian
```
gh repo delete
```
Run it inside the folder and type the name to confirm. It deletes your copy only, never the original. GitHub may ask you to allow deleting first: gh auth refresh -s delete_repo

Fork it and download your copy
PowerShell
```
gh repo fork octocat/Spoon-Knife --clone
```
Needs GitHub CLI, signed in. See “Install GitHub CLI and log in”. The original is added as “upstream” for you.

Check it worked

Check where your copy points
PowerShell
```
git remote -v
```
origin is your fork. upstream is the original.

Undo it

Delete your fork on GitHub
PowerShell
```
gh repo delete
```
Run it inside the folder and type the name to confirm. It deletes your copy only, never the original. GitHub may ask you to allow deleting first: gh auth refresh -s delete_repo

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