How can I fork a repo and add as a remote with 'hub fork'?

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hub fork help says:

fork Make a fork of a remote repository on GitHub and add as remote

Great, that's what I want to do.

hub fork https://github.com/architect/functions 
Aborted: could not find any git remote pointing to a GitHub repository

Well yes, that's because I want to make a fork of this repository on GitHub and add as remote, exactly as the help says.

How can I fork a repo and add as a remote with 'hub fork'?

Is the command not working? Though i usually do `hub cmd user/repo`. Typically i run fork from an already cloned repo: `hub clone user/repo; hub fork` — D. Ben Knoble, Jul 05 '19 at 15:40
Yes, the error is above. I had to remove some whitespace so you might have missed it. — mikemaccana, Jul 05 '19 at 15:48
Right: check `man hub-fork`. I dont think it takes arguments (it probably runs from a repo) — D. Ben Knoble, Jul 05 '19 at 15:50
@D.BenKnoble how can you see them without troff or a man command? — mikemaccana, Jul 05 '19 at 16:29
https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+man+page+viewer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=fr-us&client=safari — D. Ben Knoble, Jul 05 '19 at 17:18
@D.BenKnoble Yes but that's a pretty extreme solution, I'm not sure hub even ships with thee manual pages on other systems, and most pwsh commands have their own inbuilt help that's more consistent than man. — mikemaccana, Jul 05 '19 at 17:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '19 at 15:55

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The syntax is:

$ hub fork --help
Usage: hub fork [--no-remote] [--remote-name <REMOTE>] [--org <ORGANIZATION>]

Eg:

hub fork --remote-name https://github.com/architect/functions

answered Jul 05 '19 at 15:55

mikemaccana

Careful here, this may just try to create a remote names after the url, not actually do the fork – D. Ben Knoble Jul 05 '19 at 17:16
@mikemaccana So sorry. My earlier comment already got deleted. No sense in further explanation. – Olu Adeyemo Jun 03 '20 at 05:19

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