Git GitLab Fork

Add to Someone Else's Repository

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At the heart of Git is collaboration.

However, Git does not allow you to add code to someone else's repository without access rights.

In these next 3 chapters we will show you how to copy a repository, make changes to it, and suggest those changes be implemented to the original repository.

At the end of these chapters, you will have the opportunity to add a message to our public GitLab Cloud page: https://w3schools-test.gitlab.io/

Fork a Repository

A fork is a copy of a repository.

This is useful when you want to contribute to someone else's project or start your own project based on theirs.

fork is not a command in Git, but something offered in GitLab and other repository hosts.

Let's start by logging in to GitLab, and fork our repository:
https://gitlab.com/w3schools-test/w3schools-test.gitlab.io

Now we have our own copy of w3schools-test.gitlab.io:

Now let's look at how we add a local copy of this for us to work with.