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# Forking a Github Repository
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Navigate to the github repository you would like to edit. For this example we are forking the NIGMS-Sandbox repository. Click on the fork button near the top, image below shows it
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![](../images/images_for_github_fork/ForkCommand.PNG)
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You can then choose where you would like this fork to be placed. If you are working on a small patch alone you can select your personal github otherwise move it to whatever organization
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will work on the modifications.
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![](../images/images_for_github_fork/CreateLocal.PNG)
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After you click create fork the repository will be copied to the location chosen and then openned in your brwoser
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![](../images/images_for_github_fork/final.PNG)
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From here you can make the modifications required to your forked copy and then use a pull request to request that the changes be merged into the original repository.
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