🍴 ForkMe - Advanced GitHub Repository Forking Utility¶

Advanced command-line utility for flexible GitHub repository forking and cloning with 10 distinct strategies optimized for analysis, review, testing, and research.

📚 Documentation¶

FORKME.md - Complete documentation with installation, strategies, examples, and best practices
FORKME-QUICK-REFERENCE.md - Quick reference card for common commands
FORKME-EXAMPLES.md - Real-world usage examples
FORKME-IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md - Implementation details

🚀 Quick Start¶

# Make executable
chmod +x forkme.sh

# Show help
./forkme.sh --help

# Quick shallow clone
./forkme.sh --strategy shallow --depth 1 owner/repo

# Metadata only (no clone)
./forkme.sh --analyze-only owner/repo

✨ Key Features¶

10 Forking Strategies: Full, shallow, sparse, toplevel, structure, filetype, analysis, mirror, bundle, and metadata-only
Intelligent Filtering: Filter by file types, directory patterns, and custom rules
GitHub Integration: Automatic fork creation with GitHub CLI
Analysis Tools: Built-in repository metadata and structure analysis
Optimized for Speed: Shallow clones and sparse checkouts for large repositories

📋 Prerequisites¶

git - Version control system
gh - GitHub CLI (for forking functionality)
jq - JSON processor (for metadata parsing)

Installation¶

# macOS
brew install git gh jq

# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install git gh jq

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo dnf install git gh jq

📖 Usage¶

See FORKME.md for complete documentation.

🔗 Quick Links¶

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