fork a repository

🔁 Fork a repository

Prerequisites

This self-service PR workflow is intended for WRProjects developers requesting repository forks into the organization, to enable upstream contributions to existing open source projects.

Organization Membership

You must already be a member of WRProjects organization.

💡 If you need access, please refer to internal WRProjects OSPO Documentation on adding yourself to the.

Instructions

1. Clone this ospo repository, and create a new branch titled fork-repo-<REPO-NAME>, where <REPO-NAME> represents the name of the repository you wish to fork.
2. Create a new YAML file (.yml) based on the same repository (eg. first-project.yml) under the requests/fork/ directory.
3. Using the example below or linked here, provide the required details in your newly-created YAML file, and commit the changes to your branch:

--- # Save this file as: 'requests/fork/<REPO-NAME>.yml'
github_user: octotat # Your personal GitHub Account name (eg. 'octocat' from https://github.com/octocat)
repo_owner: wr-projects # The name of the org / account that owns repository you wish to fork (eg. 'wr-projects' from https://github.com/wr-projects)
repo_name: first-project # The name of the repository that you wish to fork (eg. 'first-project' from https://github.com/wr-projects/first-project)
admin_perms: false # Whether or not you require administrator permission for the repository you are forking (eg. 'true')

4. Once you've pushed up your changes, you're ready to open a Pull Request using the Fork a repository PR template. If you're not sure how to do this, navigate to the Pull Request page on ospo and make sure your branch is selected in the compare menu before hitting Create pull request: