forking a project

Question

I'm login my Bitbucket account and try to fork repo. but the fork button not apper in + under get to work. what can I do?

Tyler T · Answer

In that case, the other repository might have forking disabled. Maybe you could clone it instead?

May Tal · Answer

Thank you!

But i'm trying to fork someone else's repos

Tyler T · Answer

You may need to adjust your repository settings to see the fork options appear. Here is some documentation:

https://support.atlassian.com/bitbucket-cloud/docs/set-repository-privacy-and-forking-options/

Set forking permissions

Forking permissions allow you to specify whether and how a user can fork your repository. Because public repositories allow public forks, you must make your repository private to restrict forking.

* From the repository, click Repository settings in the sidebar.
* From the Repository details page, if you don't see the Forking option, select This is a private repository.
* From the Forking dropdown, select one of the following options:* Allow forks—Users can fork the repository and those forks can be public.
* Allow only private forks—Users can fork the repository and those forks will be private.
* No forks—Users can't fork the repository.

* Click Save repository details.