First clone then fork

If you’d like to contribute to a project you’ll have to have a fork (a copy of the repository in your GitHub account) and you will also need a copy of the repository locally where you can run the code. You get this by using the git clone command.

There are two ways to do this. In my approach I first clone from the “official” repository of the project and only when I know I have something to contribute, only then I create the fork.

I have two reasons for this approach:

1. I was experimenting with many projects and I was not sure if I will be able to contribute anything. So I felt there is not point in creating a fork before I need it.
2. This way the original (or “official”) repo is called origin and my fork is called fork locally. It makes more sense to me.

So my process is

1. git clone from the “official” repository.
2. Make some changes locally.
3. When satifised create a branch locally.
4. Commit the changes to the branch.
5. Visit GitHub and fork the project.
6. Push out the branch to the fork.
7. Send a Pull-Request.