docs/content/github/collaborating-with-issues-and-pull-requests/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork.md

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Allowing changes to a pull request branch created from a fork	For greater collaboration, you can allow commits on branches you've created from forks owned by your user account.	/articles/allowing-changes-to-a-pull-request-branch-created-from-a-fork	People with push access to the upstream repository of a fork owned by a user account can commit to the forked branches.	free-pro-team enterprise-server github-ae * * *

Only pull request authors can give upstream repository maintainers, or those with push access to the upstream repository, permission to make commits to their pull request's compare branch in a user-owned fork. To learn more about upstream repositories, see "About forks."

Pull request authors can give these permissions when they initially create a pull request from a user-owned fork or after they create the pull request. For more information, see "Creating a pull request from a fork."

You can set commit permissions when you first create a pull request from a fork. For more information, see "Creating a pull request from a fork." Additionally, you can modify an existing pull request to let repository maintainers make commits to your branch.

Enabling repository maintainer permissions on existing pull requests

1. On {% data variables.product.product_name %}, navigate to the main page of the upstream repository of your pull request.
2. Under the upstream repository name, click {% octicon "git-pull-request" aria-label="The pull request icon" %} Pull requests.
3. In the list of pull requests, navigate to the pull request that you'd like to allow commits on. {% data reusables.repositories.allow-maintainers-user-forks %}

Further reading

• "Committing changes to a pull request branch created from a fork"