# hub fork

> Fork a GitHub repo. Like `git fork` from `git-extras`.
> More information: <https://hub.github.com/hub-fork.1.html>.

- Fork a GitHub repository by its slug:

`hub fork {{tldr-pages/tldr}}`

- Fork a GitHub repository by its URL:

`hub fork {{https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr}}`

- Fork current GitHub repository, set remote name to origin:

`hub fork --remote-name {{origin}}`
