Questions On Github

Question

I am starting with android Rom development. The original author of the sources have uploaded it on github As of now i have used the repo tool of google to sync it from github to my local machine

How can i fork that repo without downloading it again?

Should i just go into that directory and execute after forked from github website?

$ git clone https://github.com/username/repo-name.git'

I cannot try it since the repo is still being synced.

Answer 1

You should:

• rename the initial url remote name into upstream

  git remote rename origin upstream
  

• add a new origin:

  git add origin https://YourLogin@github.com/YourLogin/yourFork
  

That way, you can still keep track of the original repo while pushing to your fork.

To illustrate that update process, see:

• "Pull new updates from original Github repository into forked Github repository"
• "How to update my new branch in a forked github repo"
• "Official Github Tutorial (online virtual tutorial)"

Answer 2

I think you can change git repo remote address

for example:

$ git remote rm origin
$ git remote add origin  git_forked_repo_address