Re: [boost] Github and forks

Subject: Re: [boost] Github and forks
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-06-08 18:35:40

On 8 Jun 2015 at 10:57, Edward Diener wrote:

> Of course I can get around this Github forking limitation by creating a 
> new Github repository in myn user account, cloning an existing Github 
> repository locally, and then pushing that cloned repository to my new 
> Github repository. That will create two different repositories off of 
> the same Github repository in my user account. But in this case I can't 
> use the online PR mechanism on this second repository against the 
> original Github repository.

Create a new organisation with just yourself in it. Clone repo to 
that org.

Otherwise branches are your friend. I have repos which track three or 
four totally unrelated repos on different branches.

Niall

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