Fork a project to an existing Repository. Is it possible?

[PuffCab]

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I am relatively new to github.
I have to to fork different repositories, from different github accounts, do some changes and then do a pull request.
Everytime I fork a project, it creates a new repository in my list of repositories.
I would like to keep them more organised, by having all those forked repos inside the same repository in my account.

The idea would be to create a "forked_repos" repository, and every time I fork one, being able to select that destiny
Is there a way to do that?

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[spenserblack]

Short answer

No, I don't think so. Long-term, it's probably best to stick with 1 repository per "fork."

Long answer

Yes, but it won't be easy.

You can partially do it like so:

# in forked_repos
git remote add repo-to-fork https://github.com/owner/repo-to-fork.git
git fetch repo-to-fork

Now you have the history of repo-to-fork available in your forks repo.

git branch repo-to-fork/main my-contribution
git checkout my-contribution
git push -u origin my-contribution

Now you've created a branch called my-contribution off of the repo-to-fork's main branch, and set git up so that you push to the my-contribution branch in your remote forked_repos repository.

However, once you've done that, AFAIK GitHub will not allow you to create pull requests, because GitHub doesn't know that you've "forked" the repository. GitHub will think that they're unrelated repositories. So you'll only be able to contribute if the maintainers take contributions other than pull requests, like emailing a patch.

Alternative Solutions

Some users create organizations to put their forks, like https://github.com/cutlery-drawer. Personally, I just delete forks once my PR has been merged, unless I think I'll continue to contribute in the future.

[PuffCab]

Creating an organisation sound like a practical and simple way. The first one is a bit above my skills right know, and not being able to do a pull request afterwards, would be a problem .
The second though, that is a very good idea :).
Thanks a lot!

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[RumeysaaKopuz]

of course you can

[PuffCab]

A bit more elaborated reply would be much appreciated ;)

[RumeysaaKopuz]

absoultly #2

[Charlsgg]

GitHub does not provide a direct built-in feature to fork a project into an existing repository. When you fork a repository on GitHub, it creates a new repository under your account. However, you can achieve a similar outcome by manually copying the contents of the forked repository into your existing repository.

[Benedek-Labancz]

As an alternative, you can clone a repository as submodule (a Git repository as a subdirectory of another Git repository) by running
git submodule add <url> <folder-name>

I am not sure if this is the behavior you are looking for, please refer to the documentation for more details:
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Submodules

[GitHu39]

[oomodan]

git branch repo-to-fork/main my-contribution
git checkout my-contribution
git push -u origin my-contribution

[jaikumar112]

Hello GitHub Support Team,

I am unable to login to my GitHub account @Jaikumar110.

Problem:

• My 2FA authenticator app is not generating codes
• I do not have access to my recovery codes
• I am unable to sign in to my account

Account details:

• Username: @Jaikumar110
• Email: jairamofficail@gmail.com

I am the original owner of this account. Please help me recover access or verify my identity so I can log back in.

Thank you,
Jaikumar

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I am relatively new to github. I have to to fork different repositories, from different github accounts, do some changes and then do a pull request. Everytime I fork a project, it creates a new repository in my list of repositories. I would like to keep them more organised, by having all those forked repos inside the same repository in my account.

The idea would be to create a "forked_repos" repository, and every time I fork one, being able to select that destiny Is there a way to do that?

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