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I have a private repo. I noticed I cannot fork it. I cannot find any information that says I shouldn't be able to. When I go to Options the ability to fix this is disabled. I am guessing you need to pay or something which is fine, but it doesn't say that anywhere...
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In the top right corner of GitHub.com, click your profile photo, then click Your organizations. Next to the organization, click Settings. Under "Access", click Member privileges. Under "Repository forking", select Allow forking of private repositories.
On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. Under your repository name, click Settings. Under "Features", select Allow forking.
The TOS states you agree to allow viewing and forking. It doesn't state that you agree to allow redistribution or use. If the terms don't explicitly state that you allow those things, then unless your license allows them they aren't allowed.
You can fork it and it still remains private. Private collaborators may fork any private repository you've added them to without their own paid plan. Their forks do not count against your private repository quota.
Fork a repo 1 About forks. Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or to use someone else's project as a starting point for your own idea. 2 Fork an example repository. Forking a repository is a simple two-step process. ... 3 Keep your fork synced. ... 4 Find another repository to fork. ... 5 Celebrate. ...
For example, security can be handled by staying closed-source and templates should use GitHub's template feature GitHub should never allow repo owners to control forks. Forks still belong to people, and it's like their own repo Often, forks go against the spirit of the original. That's okay, that's what forks are for. Sorry, something went wrong.
Navigate to your repo > Settings > Options and uncheck "Allow forking" Additionally, you can set this setting for your entire organization. Go to your organization settings then Member Privileges and uncheck the Repository Forking option. Thanks for contributing an answer to Stack Overflow!
Fork a repo A fork is a copy of a repository. Forking a repository allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project.
I think you are talking about your organisation's private repo, right? As I didn't find this checkbox for personal private repositories.
If so, then you need to:
The process is also described here: https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/managing-organization-settings/managing-the-forking-policy-for-your-organization
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