know about fork mechanisim in github

[Diluxshan]

Hi all,

I would like to know how to fork a repository in Github account.

 & im confused about the keyword " fork ". Explain me how to access it

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[dilantha.prasanjith111]

Hi , I am not an expert but just to give you an quick idea. it's merely you are getting a copy of a repo to yourself. So you can make changes and comits in this repo and later you can make a pull request. So the changes you have made can be merged safely. follow this guide that will help you ... 

https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/