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repo fork: honor --remote with repo arg #12475

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repo fork: honor --remote with repo arg
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VedantMadane committed Feb 10, 2026
commit b51569987116f96f65d7edbb467c37a3de873f05
8 changes: 8 additions & 0 deletions pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork.go
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Expand Up @@ -182,6 +182,14 @@ func forkRun(opts *ForkOptions) error {
return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
}
}

if opts.Remote {
if remotes, err := opts.Remotes(); err == nil {
if _, err := remotes.FindByRepo(repoToFork.RepoOwner(), repoToFork.RepoName()); err == nil {
inParent = true
}
}
}
}

connectedToTerminal := opts.IO.IsStdoutTTY() && opts.IO.IsStderrTTY() && opts.IO.IsStdinTTY()
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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions pkg/cmd/repo/fork/fork_test.go
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Expand Up @@ -372,6 +372,22 @@ func TestRepoFork(t *testing.T) {
},
wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Renamed remote origin to upstream\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
},
{
name: "repo arg matches remote --remote",
tty: true,
opts: &ForkOptions{
Repository: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO.git",
Remote: true,
RemoteName: defaultRemoteName,
Rename: true,
},
httpStubs: forkPost,
execStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
cs.Register("git remote rename origin upstream", 0, "")
cs.Register(`git remote add origin https://github.com/someone/REPO.git`, 0, "")
},
wantErrOut: "✓ Created fork someone/REPO\n✓ Renamed remote origin to upstream\n✓ Added remote origin\n",
},
{
name: "implicit nontty reuse existing remote",
opts: &ForkOptions{
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