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I have researched and all the answers I found say to just clone it and push it up under a different repo. Although this may work for many people it does not work for me.

I have a framework I made in a repo. I make websites based off of that. I update the framework regularly and need to be able to merge those changes into each website that uses it. I can't create branches for each website under the framework repo because I don't want my clients looking at other peoples websites.

I've tried submodules but you cannot have a submodule on the root folder.

I have also tried an organization account but you cannot fork a private repo into a free organization account. Any ideas on how I can set this up?

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  • What features of a fork do you need that pushing manually to a new repo does not give you? Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 19:58
  • Also, frame challenge: make your framework into a library, and use submodules or a dependency manager (Composer. NPM, Nuget, etc, etc) to import it in your site projects. Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 19:59
  • the ability to easily update the framework on each website but just merging it in. its more of a starting point for my websites also so its more than just a library. It has everything I use to start a blank website quickly Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 20:01
  • I could be wrong and there might be a better way of doing it though, thats for sure Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 20:02
  • git is entirely decentralised, you can merge any two repostiories together that share some history (and even if they share no history!). The concept of a "fork" is just a button in Github's UI which creates a new copy of a repo, intended mostly for people to contribute to open source projects without having access to the main repo. So, have you tried just pushing to a new repo? What Github-specific feature could you then not use, whcih made you think you need a fork, specifically? Commented Jun 4, 2022 at 20:05

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Github does not allow you to fork your own repos, your best bet is using an alt to fork your own repo and pushing whenever

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An alternative is to create a second git account for yourself. This should allow PRs. Possible downside - the github account you're using is not immediately evident. A quick click on the "avatar" in the top right corner reveals the account. Here is what github has to say about multiple accounts.

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