How to copy a GitHub repo without forking

copy-repo.md

How to copy a GitHub repo without forking

GitHub only lets you fork a repo once, if you want to make more than one copy of a project here's how you can do it. Useful for starter code.

1. Create a new empty folder for your project and initialize git

   cd <where-you-keep-your-projects>
   mkdir <your-project-name>
   cd <your-project-name>
   git init

2. "Pull" the repo you want to copy:

   # git url is the same as the clone URL
   git pull <git-url-of-the-repo-you-want-to-copy>

3. Create a new repository for your project on GitHub

4. Push your code to the new repository you just created

   git remote add origin <git-url-of-the-new-repo-you-created>
   git push -u origin master