get-fork

Get a repo's upstream fork record, or find a specific owner's fork of an upstream repo

Auth

Authenticated

Examples

# Get this repo's upstream fork record
ghit-cli get-fork website

# Get a specific user's fork of an upstream repo
ghit-cli get-fork teams/platform/website --owner alice

# Get a specific team's fork of an upstream repo
ghit-cli get-fork alice/website --owner teams/platform-forks

Expected Response

Prints a single JSON object from the API. With --owner, the CLI switches from upstream lookup mode to owner-specific fork lookup mode.

Errors

  • 404 Not Found when the referenced resource does not exist.
  • 403 Forbidden when owner/repo access checks fail.

Common auth errors are documented on the CLI overview page.

Help Output

Get a repo's upstream fork record, or a specific owner's fork of an upstream repo

Usage: ghit-cli get-fork [OPTIONS] <REPO>

Arguments:
  <REPO>  Repo locator (`teams/<team_slug>/<repo_slug>` or `<username>/<repo_slug>`), or `<repo_slug>` for authenticated user

Options:
      --owner <OWNER>  Fork owner locator (`teams/<team_slug>` or `<username>`). When omitted, gets this repo's upstream fork record
  -h, --help  Print help