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description: "Fork a repository"
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# gt repo fork

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Fork a repository

## Synopsis

```text
Fork a repository for your account, or into an organization with --org. An existing fork is
reported instead of failing.

--clone clones the fork (Git flags can follow --). Inside a clone of the repository, --remote adds
the fork as "origin" and renames the current "origin" to "upstream".
```

```
gt repo fork [<repository>] [-- <gitflags>...] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# Fork the repository of the current clone and add the fork as origin
$ gt repo fork --remote

# Fork a repository into an organization under another name
$ gt repo fork alice/project --org acme --fork-name project-fork

# Fork and clone a repository
$ gt repo fork alice/project --clone -- --depth 1
```

## Options

```
      --clone                Clone the fork
      --fork-name string     Name of the fork (default: the repository's name)
  -h, --help                 help for fork
      --org string           Fork into this organization
      --remote               Add the fork as a remote of the current clone
      --remote-name string   Name of the fork's remote (default "origin")
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt repo](../repo/index.md): Work with Gitea repositories