GitHub

There is an namespacing-conflict when trying to a fork a public

repository that has the same name as an existing repository that I own.

Scenario:

• I have an existing repository (private, in this case) named

"myrepo".

• I want to fork someone else's public repository, also named

"myrepo".

• They happen to be unrelated projects, or at least projects of a

separate origin - It just happens that I just want to work on them both.

What actually happens:

• When you try to fork someone else's public repository, the forking

fails, and instead you're redirected to your existing repository of

the same name.

What I'd like to happen:

EITHER:

• To be able to rename repositories (see also ticket #75).
• To be prompted to rename either your existing repository, or your

forked repository.

OR (less preferable, but better than nothing)

• for, GitHub to automatically give the forked repository a

different, non-conflicting name (e.g. "myrepo1", "myrepofork", "myrepo-

abc").

(P.S. this isn't a hypothetical! I am actually having this problem.)