< Back
New-GitHubRepositoryFork
Post
NAME New-GitHubRepositoryFork
SYNOPSIS
Creates a new fork of a repository on GitHub.
SYNTAX
New-GitHubRepositoryFork [-OwnerName <String>] [-RepositoryName <String>] [-OrganizationName <String>]
[-AccessToken <String>] [-NoStatus] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-GitHubRepositoryFork -Uri <String> [-OrganizationName <String>] [-AccessToken <String>] [-NoStatus] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new fork of a repository on GitHub.
The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub
PARAMETERS
-OwnerName <String>
Owner of the repository.
If not supplied here, the DefaultOwnerName configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RepositoryName <String>
Name of the repository.
If not supplied here, the DefaultRepositoryName configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Uri <String>
Uri for the repository.
The OwnerName and RepositoryName will be extracted from here instead of needing to provide
them individually.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-OrganizationName <String>
Name of the organization that the new repository should be created under.
If not specified, will be created under the current authenticated user's account.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-AccessToken <String>
If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the
REST Api. Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-NoStatus [<SwitchParameter>]
If this switch is specified, long-running commands will run on the main thread
with no commandline status update. When not specified, those commands run in
the background, enabling the command prompt to provide status information.
If not supplied here, the DefaultNoStatus configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-GitHubRepositoryFork -OwnerName Microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub
Creates a fork of this repository under the current authenticated user's account.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-GitHubRepositoryFork -OwnerName Microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -OrganizationName OctoLabs
Creates a fork of this repository under the OctoLabs organization.
RELATED LINKS
SYNOPSIS
Creates a new fork of a repository on GitHub.
SYNTAX
New-GitHubRepositoryFork [-OwnerName <String>] [-RepositoryName <String>] [-OrganizationName <String>]
[-AccessToken <String>] [-NoStatus] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
New-GitHubRepositoryFork -Uri <String> [-OrganizationName <String>] [-AccessToken <String>] [-NoStatus] [-WhatIf]
[-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Creates a new fork of a repository on GitHub.
The Git repo for this module can be found here: http://aka.ms/PowerShellForGitHub
PARAMETERS
-OwnerName <String>
Owner of the repository.
If not supplied here, the DefaultOwnerName configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-RepositoryName <String>
Name of the repository.
If not supplied here, the DefaultRepositoryName configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Uri <String>
Uri for the repository.
The OwnerName and RepositoryName will be extracted from here instead of needing to provide
them individually.
Required? true
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-OrganizationName <String>
Name of the organization that the new repository should be created under.
If not specified, will be created under the current authenticated user's account.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-AccessToken <String>
If provided, this will be used as the AccessToken for authentication with the
REST Api. Otherwise, will attempt to use the configured value or will run unauthenticated.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-NoStatus [<SwitchParameter>]
If this switch is specified, long-running commands will run on the main thread
with no commandline status update. When not specified, those commands run in
the background, enabling the command prompt to provide status information.
If not supplied here, the DefaultNoStatus configuration property value will be used.
Required? false
Position? named
Default value False
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]
Required? false
Position? named
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-GitHubRepositoryFork -OwnerName Microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub
Creates a fork of this repository under the current authenticated user's account.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\\>New-GitHubRepositoryFork -OwnerName Microsoft -RepositoryName PowerShellForGitHub -OrganizationName OctoLabs
Creates a fork of this repository under the OctoLabs organization.
RELATED LINKS