How2ForkPV.md

How2ForkPv

Bare clone a public repo, and mirror push it to the private repo

Duplicate public to private repository Create empty private repo

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

Register remote repository with public repository

git clone https://github.com/yourname/private_repo.git
cd private_repo
git remote add public https://github.com/exampleuser/public_repo.git

Fetching from public repo

git pull public master 
git push origin master

be careful of branches!