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Offline ricko_ukTopic starter

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GitHub cloning online directly between two GitHub accounts
« on: December 04, 2021, 07:18:41 pm »
Hi,
I only ever used SourceTree as version control and only locally (without GitHub) and without branching or any other general functionality.

I cannot find anywhere details on how to duplicate/clone a GitHub repository from someone else's GitHub public account (say the public 3D printing Marlin firmware) directly to my GitHub account. How do you do it?

I also downloaded GitHub Desktop and manage to open it in there but when I tried to Push it it tries to push to the original Marlin account not mine. Why? And how do I do that?
No idea about branching at all as I never used it. Do I need to perhaps branch first? If so does it not appear as a branch on Marlin account (which I don't want to do because I just want to see how the software is written and not make any changes)?

Thank you :)
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Offline langwadt

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Re: GitHub cloning online directly between two GitHub accounts
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2021, 08:36:37 pm »
fork instead of clone?
 

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Re: GitHub cloning online directly between two GitHub accounts
« Reply #2 on: December 04, 2021, 08:52:19 pm »
I also downloaded GitHub Desktop and manage to open it in there but when I tried to Push it it tries to push to the original Marlin account not mine. Why? And how do I do that?
No idea about branching at all as I never used it. Do I need to perhaps branch first? If so does it not appear as a branch on Marlin account (which I don't want to do because I just want to see how the software is written and not make any changes)?

See this answer:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/42084519/866915

It shows how to do it at the command line. Not sure how to do it within the github desktop menus, but you should be able to do it from the command line.
 

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Re: GitHub cloning online directly between two GitHub accounts
« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2021, 10:31:15 pm »
You click the fork button (top right of the repository page at github)
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Offline ricko_ukTopic starter

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Re: GitHub cloning online directly between two GitHub accounts
« Reply #4 on: December 04, 2021, 10:35:15 pm »
Thank you all,
yes fork is what I was looking for! :)
 


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