Forking a Github repo to Bitbucket

github-to-bitbucket.md

• Go to Bitbucket and create a new repository (its better to have an empty repo)

git clone git@bitbucket.org:abc/myforkedrepo.git
cd myforkedrepo

• Now add Github repo as a new remote in Bitbucket called "sync"

git remote add sync git@github.com:def/originalrepo.git

• Verify what are the remotes currently being setup for "myforkedrepo". This following command should show "fetch" and "push" for two remotes i.e. "origin" and "sync"

git remote -v

• first pull from github using the "sync" remote

git pull sync

• setup local "github" branch to track "sync" remote's "master" branch

git branch --track github sync/master

• switch to the new branch

git checkout github

• create new master branched out of github branch

git checkout -b master

• push local "master" branch to "origin" remote (bitbucket)

git push -u origin master

Courtesy: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8137997/forking-from-github-to-bitbucket