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The instructions here are very similar to the instructions at <a class="reference external" href="http://help.github.com/forking/">http://help.github.com/forking/</a> — please see that page for more detail. We’re repeating some of it here just to give the specifics for the <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a> project, and to suggest some default names.</p> <div class="section" id="set-up-and-configure-a-github-account"> <h2>Set up and configure a <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account<a class="headerlink" href="#set-up-and-configure-a-github-account" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>If you don’t have a <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account, go to the <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> page, and make one.</p> <p>You then need to configure your account to allow write access — see the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Generating</span> <span class="pre">SSH</span> <span class="pre">keys</span></tt> help on <a class="reference external" href="http://help.github.com">github help</a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="create-your-own-forked-copy-of-matplotlib"> <h2>Create your own forked copy of <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a><a class="headerlink" href="#create-your-own-forked-copy-of-matplotlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <ol class="arabic"> <li><p class="first">Log into your <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account.</p> </li> <li><p class="first">Go to the <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a> github home at <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib">matplotlib github</a>.</p> </li> <li><p class="first">Click on the <em>fork</em> button:</p> <img alt="../../_images/forking_button.png" src="../../_images/forking_button.png" /> <p>Now, after a short pause and some ‘Hardcore forking action’, you should find yourself at the home page for your own forked copy of <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a>.</p> </li> </ol> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <div class="related"> <h3>Navigation</h3> <ul> <li class="right" style="margin-right: 10px"> <a href="../../genindex.html" title="General Index" >index</a></li> <li class="right" > <a href="../../py-modindex.html" title="Python Module Index" >modules</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="set_up_fork.html" title="Set up your fork" >next</a> |</li> <li class="right" > <a href="git_development.html" title="Git for development" >previous</a> |</li> <li><a href="../../index.html">home</a>| </li> <li><a href="../../search.html">search</a>| </li> <li><a href="../../examples/index.html">examples</a>| </li> <li><a href="../../gallery.html">gallery</a>| </li> <li><a href="../../contents.html">docs</a> »</li> <li><a href="../index.html" >The Matplotlib Developers’ Guide</a> »</li> <li><a href="index.html" >Working with <em>matplotlib</em> source code</a> »</li> <li><a href="git_development.html" >Git for development</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="footer"> © Copyright 2012 John Hunter, Darren Dale, Eric Firing, Michael Droettboom and the matplotlib development team. 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