GH-REPO-FORK(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-REPO-FORK(1)

gh-repo-fork - Create a fork of a repository

gh repo fork [<repository>] [-- <gitflags>...] [flags]

Create a fork of a repository.

With no argument, creates a fork of the current repository. Otherwise, forks the specified repository.

By default, the new fork is set to be your origin remote and any existing origin remote is renamed to upstream. To alter this behavior, you can set a name for the new fork's remote with --remote-name.

The upstream remote will be set as the default remote repository.

Additional git clone flags can be passed after --.

Clone the fork
Only include the default branch in the fork
Rename the forked repository
Create the fork in an organization
Add a git remote for the fork
Specify the name for the new remote

gh-repo(1)

Apr 2024