How to create a forked repository

1. Log in to Github and create a repository with desired name.

2. Move to the directory you want and clone the reposity you want to fork.

    git clone --bare https://github.com/GITHUBID/REPONAME.git
   

3. Mirror this to your repo.

    cd REPONAME.git
    git push --mirror https://github.com/YOURGITHUBID/YOURREPO
   

4. Now you can delete the REPONAME.git created in step 2.

5. Clone your repo on your local system.

    cd ../
    git clone https://github.com/YOURGITHUBID/YOURREPO
   

6. Now you can use it like this

    git push origin master # push changes made
   
    git remote -v # check all the remote branches
   
    git remote show origin
   
    git remote get-url
   
    git branch -a 
   
    git checkout <branch_name>