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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 * * *	pull requests

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"