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Managing the forking policy for your repository

You can allow or prevent the forking of a specific private repository owned by an organization.

People with admin permissions for a repository can manage the forking policy for the repository.

An organization owner must allow forks of private repositories on the organization level before you can allow or disallow forks for a specific repository. For more information, see "Managing the forking policy for your organization."

  1. On GitHub Enterprise Server, navigate to the main page of the repository.
  2. Under your repository name, click Settings.
    Repository settings button
  3. Under "Features", select Allow forking.
    Checkbox to allow or disallow forking of a private repository

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