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title: Forking and cloning gists
intro: 'Gists are actually Git repositories, which means that you can fork or clone any gist, even if you aren''t the original author. You can also view a gist''s full commit history, including diffs.'
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  free-pro-team: '*'
  enterprise-server: '*'
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### Forking gists

Each gist indicates which forks have activity, making it easy to find interesting changes from coworkers or complete strangers.

![Gist forks](/assets/images/help/gist/gist_forks.png)

### Cloning gists

If you want to make local changes to a gist and push them up to the web, you can clone a gist and make commits the same as you would with any Git repository. For more information, see "[Cloning a repository](/articles/cloning-a-repository)."

![Gist clone button](/assets/images/help/gist/gist_clone_btn.png)

### Viewing gist commit history

To view a gist's full commit history, click the "Revisions" tab at the top of the gist{.

![Gist revisions tab](/assets/images/help/gist/gist_revisions_tab.png)

You will see a full commit history for the gist with diffs.

![Gist revisions page](/assets/images/help/gist/gist_history.png)