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john mangual
john mangual

Reputation: 8178

How to fork my own gist on GitHub ?

How do I fork my own GitHub gist?

One possibility: there is a script posted on gist but I don't know how to install it on my gitHub. In that case, an explanation how to use the script and what it's doing.

(Re)Fork any gist, including your own

<!-- language: lang-js -->
// ==UserScript==
// @name           (Re)fork any gist, including your own
// @namespace      https://github.com/johan
// @description    Adds a "fork" button to gists missing one at gist.github.com, so you can create multiple forks
// @match          https://gist.github.com/*
// @include        https://gist.github.com/*
// ==/UserScript==

if (/^\/\d+/.test(location.pathname) &&
    !document.querySelector('a img[alt="fork"]')) {
  var i = document.createElement('img')
    , a = document.createElement('a')
    , u = document.querySelector('img.button').src
    , p = document.querySelector('.title');

  a.title = 'Create another fork of this gist';
  a.style.cssText = 'float: right; margin: 4px 7px 0';
  a.addEventListener('click', fork);
  a.appendChild(i);

  i.alt = 'fork';
  i.src = u.replace(/[^\/]*$/, 'fork_button.png');
  i.className = 'button';

  p.appendChild(a);
}

function fork(e) {
  var f = document.body.appendChild(document.createElement('form'));
  f.method = 'POST';
  f.action = '/fork' + location.pathname;
  f.appendChild(document.querySelector('input[name=authenticity_token]'));
  f.submit();
  return false;
}

StackOverflow shows how to fork your own GitHub repository.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 1762

Answers (2)

Qwerty
Qwerty

Reputation: 31949

This seems to not be possible any more. Even when using the Github API you get this response:

https://api.github.com/gists/:gist_id/forks
{
  "message": "You cannot fork your own gist.",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "Gist",
      "field": "forks",
      "code": "unprocessable"
    }
  ],
  "documentation_url": "https://docs.github.com/v3/gists/#fork-a-gist"
}

https://docs.github.com/v3/gists/#fork-a-gist

You can upvote this suggestion, let's see if we get somewhere. šŸ¤ž
šŸŽ‰ https://github.com/github/feedback/discussions/14882

Upvotes: 2

antichris
antichris

Reputation: 3157

Try the Fork your own Gist bookmarklet.

It adds a fully functional Fork button to your own Gist.

If a Fork button is already present in the page, this bookmarklet will set focus to it instead of adding another one.

The change is temporary and the button will disappear as soon as you navigate away from that Gist (clicking the Fork button does this for you as well).

Upvotes: 2

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