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How to get a public github repository

Posted on July 8, 2024
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Asked by 1f70c371f9c047c5a04b252f165d88

I want to start an app based on the moqui/moqui-framework public repository on github. How do I access it?

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Bobby Iliev

Site Moderator

• July 9, 2024

Hi there,

If you don’t own that repository, the best thing to do is to just fork it so that you would have a copy of that repository under your GitHub account.

https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/working-with-forks/fork-a-repo

To learn more about forks, Git, and GitHub in general, I could suggest checking out this tutorial here:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-getting-started-with-git

Also, here is an open-source eBook that might be helpful:

https://github.com/bobbyiliev/introduction-to-git-and-github-ebook

Hope that this helps!

- Bobby

KFSys

Site Moderator

• July 9, 2024

Heya @1f70c371f9c047c5a04b252f165d88,

Check the following docs that explain how you can use a public repository in your App Platform:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/how-to/manage-source-repo/

You can change your app’s repository by updating the app’s spec. You cannot change the app’s repository using the control panel, at this time. To change the app’s repository, the new repository must be discoverable and not in use by another app on App Platform.