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How to see how many repos created from my repo template (GitHub)

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Eureka! After reading this – Search based on the contents of a repository, the answer was clear! Search by README.md file content! Use GitHub’s search engine and provide a unique combination of words that appear in your README.md file. This is how I do it for my template – unfor19/terraform-multienv in:readme sort:updated -user:unfor19 “tfmultienv”github.com/search?q=in%3Areadme+sort%3Aupdated+-user%3Aunfor19+%22%60tfmultienv%60%22&type=repositories To … Read more

How can I fork my own GitHub repository?

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You’re doing the right thing. cd ~/Sites/ git clone ~/Dev/markupDNA/ project-N cd project-N git remote rename origin markupDNA Nav to the folder where you store your projects clone your base markupDNA repo with custom name rename the remote so that if you want to an ‘origin’ later, you can

Can I fork another persons repo twice into my own account?

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In your case, I would suggest going with submodules. However to answer your exact question, here’s how you should proceed. Start by creating Jeremy/MyShooter and Jeremy/MyRPG on Github. Keep them empty. Clone your origin project on your system, twice, giving it different names $ git clone http://github.com/Bob/CoolFramework MyShooter $ git clone http://github.com/Bob/CoolFramework MyRPG You now … Read more

How to fork a branch and not the repository?

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In github (and in git’s mental framework) you clone and fork repositories. There’s no way to fork a branch; that doesn’t make sense. Just fork the project, and work off the branch you’re interested in. You don’t lose anything by doing so. “Working off a branch” usually means you clone a repository (e.g. git clone … Read more

Git pull from someone else’s fork

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Add a new remote (say, other) in your own repo. Pull other/<branch> changes into your local branch (say, add-other-changes). Push to your own forked repo (origin/add-other-changes). Now, when’re you done with add-other-changes branch, create a Pull request & merge it with origin/master. Pull other repo’s changes into your own repo: # go into your own … Read more

Fork from a branch in github

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I don’t know a native way yet, but you can do it following this recipe: Fork the repository in question (called ‘upstream’) on the GitHub website to your workspace there. Run the GitHub desktop application and clone the repository onto your PC. Use the GitHub desktop application to open a shell in the repository. (The … Read more

How to view diff of a forked github project

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Online solution: get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/compare/{base}…{head} The “compare two commits” API does support multiple repositories: Both :base and :head must be branch names in :repo. To compare branches across other repositories in the same network as :repo, use the format <USERNAME>:branch. Example: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/compare/master…abejpn:master Or with a GitHub URL: https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master…abejpn:master Original answer 2010: Add the original GitHub repo … Read more

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