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### About forks
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Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or to use someone else's project as a starting point for your own idea.
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Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else's project or repository or to use someone else's repository as a starting point for your own idea. Forking allows you to create a copy of the repository and enables you to create changes. Once the changes has been made you can even submit the changes to the original repository by creating a pull request.
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#### Propose changes to someone else's project
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- **Opening pull requests:** If you are hoping to contribute back to the original repository, you can send a request to the original author to pull your fork into their repository by submitting a [pull request](/articles/about-pull-requests).
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### Find another repository to fork
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Fork a repository to start contributing to a project. {% data reusables.repositories.you-can-fork %}
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{% if currentVersion == "free-pro-team@latest" %}You can browse [Explore](https://github.com/explore) to find projects and start contributing to open source repositories. For more information, see "[Finding ways to contribute to open source on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}](/github/getting-started-with-github/finding-ways-to-contribute-to-open-source-on-github)."
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{% endif %}
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### [Working with forks](/articles/working-with-forks)
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The forking is useful in Open Source Development. Forking a repository allows you to make contribution on that particular repository. While collaborating to Projects or Open Source Development, you can perform certain other operation with forks.
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### Celebrate
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You have now forked a repository, practiced cloning your fork, and configured an upstream repository. What do you want to do next?
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