--- title: "Fork a repository" method: POST path: "/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/forks" tags: ["Repositories"] --- # Fork a repository `POST /repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/forks` Creates a new fork of the specified repository. #### Forking a repository To create a fork, specify the workspace explicitly as part of the request body: ``` $ curl -X POST -u jdoe https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/atlassian/bbql/forks \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ "name": "bbql_fork", "workspace": { "slug": "atlassian" } }' ``` To fork a repository into the same workspace, also specify a new `name`. When you specify a value for `name`, it will also affect the `slug`. The `slug` is reflected in the repository URL of the new fork. It is derived from `name` by substituting non-ASCII characters, removes whitespace, and changes characters to lower case. For example, `My repo` would turn into `my_repo`. You need contributor access to create new forks within a workspace. #### Change the properties of a new fork By default the fork inherits most of its properties from the parent. However, since the optional POST body document follows the normal `repository` JSON schema and you can override the new fork's properties. Properties that can be overridden include: * description * fork_policy * language * mainbranch * is_private (note that a private repo's fork_policy might prohibit the creation of public forks, in which `is_private=False` would fail) * has_issues (to initialize or disable the new repo's issue tracker -- note that the actual contents of the parent repository's issue tracker are not copied during forking) * has_wiki (to initialize or disable the new repo's wiki -- note that the actual contents of the parent repository's wiki are not copied during forking) * project (when forking into a private project, the fork's `is_private` must be `true`) Properties that cannot be modified include: * scm * parent * full_name ## Request body - Repository — A Bitbucket repository. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `pullrequests` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `forks` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `watchers` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `downloads` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `clone` object[] - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `hooks` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `uuid` string — The repository's immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user. - `full_name` string — The concatenation of the repository owner's username and the slugified name, e.g. "evzijst/interruptingcow". This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs. - `is_private` boolean - `parent` Repository — recursive - `scm` 'git' - `owner` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `name` string - `description` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `updated_on` string, date-time - `size` integer - `language` string - `has_issues` boolean — The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com. - `has_wiki` boolean — The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com. - `fork_policy` 'allow_forks' | 'no_public_forks' | 'no_forks' — Controls the rules for forking this repository. * **allow_forks**: unrestricted forking * **no_public_forks**: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later) * **no_forks**: deny all forking - `project` Project — A Bitbucket project. Projects are used by teams to organize repositories. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `uuid` string — The project's immutable id. - `key` string — The project's key. - `owner` Team — A team object. - `type` string, required - `links` object — Links related to a Team. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `self` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `members` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `projects` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `repositories` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `name` string — The name of the project. - `description` string - `is_private` boolean — Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories. - `created_on` string, date-time - `updated_on` string, date-time - `has_publicly_visible_repos` boolean — Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories. - `mainbranch` Branch — A branch object, representing a branch in a repository. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `name` string — The name of the ref. - `target` Commit — A repository commit object. - `type` string, required - `hash` string - `date` string, date-time - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `message` string - `summary` object - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user. - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in. - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML. - `parents` BaseCommit[] - `type` string, required - `hash` string - `date` string, date-time - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `message` string - `summary` object - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user. - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in. - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML. - `parents` BaseCommit[] - `repository` Repository — recursive - `participants` Participant[] - `type` string, required - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `role` 'PARTICIPANT' | 'REVIEWER' - `approved` boolean - `state` string - `participated_on` string, date-time — The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant's action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented. - `merge_strategies` string[] — Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch. - `default_merge_strategy` string — The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch. ## Response `201` The newly created fork. - Repository — A Bitbucket repository. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `pullrequests` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `forks` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `watchers` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `downloads` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `clone` object[] - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `hooks` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `uuid` string — The repository's immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user. - `full_name` string — The concatenation of the repository owner's username and the slugified name, e.g. "evzijst/interruptingcow". This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs. - `is_private` boolean - `parent` Repository — recursive - `scm` 'git' - `owner` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `name` string - `description` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `updated_on` string, date-time - `size` integer - `language` string - `has_issues` boolean — The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com. - `has_wiki` boolean — The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com. - `fork_policy` 'allow_forks' | 'no_public_forks' | 'no_forks' — Controls the rules for forking this repository. * **allow_forks**: unrestricted forking * **no_public_forks**: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later) * **no_forks**: deny all forking - `project` Project — A Bitbucket project. Projects are used by teams to organize repositories. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `uuid` string — The project's immutable id. - `key` string — The project's key. - `owner` Team — A team object. - `type` string, required - `links` object — Links related to a Team. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `self` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `members` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `projects` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `repositories` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `name` string — The name of the project. - `description` string - `is_private` boolean — Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories. - `created_on` string, date-time - `updated_on` string, date-time - `has_publicly_visible_repos` boolean — Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories. - `mainbranch` Branch — A branch object, representing a branch in a repository. - `type` string, required - `links` object - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object. - `href` string, uri - `name` string - `name` string — The name of the ref. - `target` Commit — A repository commit object. - `type` string, required - `hash` string - `date` string, date-time - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `message` string - `summary` object - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user. - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in. - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML. - `parents` BaseCommit[] - `type` string, required - `hash` string - `date` string, date-time - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository - `type` string, required - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket. - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `message` string - `summary` object - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user. - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in. - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML. - `parents` BaseCommit[] - `repository` Repository — recursive - `participants` Participant[] - `type` string, required - `user` Account — An account object. - `type` string, required - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account. - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object. - … - `created_on` string, date-time - `display_name` string - `uuid` string - `role` 'PARTICIPANT' | 'REVIEWER' - `approved` boolean - `state` string - `participated_on` string, date-time — The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant's action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented. - `merge_strategies` string[] — Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch. - `default_merge_strategy` string — The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch. --- [API](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/bitbucket-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/bitbucket-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/atlassian/bitbucket-api/revisions/8c7911c0a910/schema)