Forking — External Contributions

A postdoc from another university wants to adapt CellClusterFlow for their spatial transcriptomics data. They can't push directly (no write access), so they fork the repository.

Forking workflow:

1. Fork: Click "Fork" on GitHub → creates copy under their account
2. Clone their fork:

      git clone https://github.com/PostdocZ/CellClusterFlow.git
   

3. Make changes on a new branch
4. Push to their fork
5. Open a Pull Request from their fork back to Dr. X's original repo

   flowchart TB
     ORIG[DrX/CellClusterFlow<br/>Original repo] 
     FORK[PostdocZ/CellClusterFlow<br/>Forked repo]
   
     ORIG -->|Fork| FORK
     FORK -->|Make changes| FORK
     FORK -->|Pull Request| ORIG
   
     style ORIG fill:#e6ffe6,stroke:#333
     style FORK fill:#e6f7ff,stroke:#333

This is how open-source contributions work — anyone can suggest improvements without needing direct access!

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