GitHub How to make a fork of public repository private

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How can I fork a public repository  but make my fork private  I do have the subscription to support private repositories

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GitHub now has an import option that lets you choose whatever you want your new imported repository public or private

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Just go to https   github com new import    In the section  quot Your old repository s clone URL quot  paste the repo URL you want and in  quot Privacy quot  select Private

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The answers are correct but don t mention how to sync code between the public repo and the fork   Here is the full workflow  we ve done this before open sourcing React Native      First  duplicate the repo as others said  details here    Create a new repo  let s call it private-repo  via the Github UI  Then   git clone --bare https   github com exampleuser public-repo git cd public-repo git git push --mirror https   github com yourname private-repo git cd    rm -rf public-repo git     Clone the private repo so you can work on it   git clone https   github com yourname private-repo git cd private-repo make some changes git commit git push origin master     To pull new hotness from the public repo   cd private-repo git remote add public https   github com exampleuser public-repo git git pull public master   Creates a merge commit git push origin master   Awesome  your private repo now has the latest code from the public repo plus your changes     Finally  to create a pull request private repo -  public repo   Use the GitHub UI to create a fork of the public repo  the small  Fork  button at the top right of the public repo page   Then   git clone https   github com yourname the-fork git cd the-fork git remote add private repo yourname https   github com yourname private-repo git git checkout -b pull request yourname git pull private repo yourname master git push origin pull request yourname   Now you can create a pull request via the Github UI for public-repo  as described here   Once project owners review your pull request  they can merge it   Of course the whole process can be repeated  just leave out the steps where you add remotes

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You have to duplicate the repo  You can see this doc  from github      To create a duplicate of a repository without forking  you need to run a special clone command against the original repository and mirror-push to the new one       In the following cases  the repository you re trying to push to--like exampleuser new-repository or exampleuser mirrored--should already exist on GitHub  See  Creating a new repository  for more information       Mirroring a repository      To make an exact duplicate  you need to perform both a bare-clone and a mirror-push       Open up the command line  and type these commands     git clone --bare https   github com exampleuser old-repository git   Make a bare clone of the repository    cd old-repository git   git push --mirror https   github com exampleuser new-repository git   Mirror-push to the new repository    cd      rm -rf old-repository git   Remove our temporary local repository       If you want to mirror a repository in another location  including getting updates from the original  you can clone a mirror and periodically push the changes     git clone --mirror https   github com exampleuser repository-to-mirror git   Make a bare mirrored clone of the repository    cd repository-to-mirror git   git remote set-url --push origin https   github com exampleuser mirrored   Set the push location to your mirror       As with a bare clone  a mirrored clone includes all remote branches and tags  but all local references will be overwritten each time you fetch  so it will always be the same as the original repository  Setting the URL for pushes simplifies pushing to your mirror  To update your mirror  fetch updates and push  which could be automated by running a cron job     git fetch -p origin   git push --mirror    https   help github com articles duplicating-a-repository

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There is one more option now   January-2015     Create a new private repo  On the empty repo screen there is an  import  option button  click it and put the existing github repo url There is no github option mention but it works with github repos too   DONE

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The current answers are a bit out of date so  for clarity   The short answer is    Do a bare clone of the public repo  Create a new private one  Do a mirror push to the new private one    This is documented on GitHub  duplicating-a-repository

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